Robert Harada Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, Us

Responsible for building and expanding a successful Product Team at rapid! that focuses on partner product demos, product integrations with the company's systems and tools, and driving and defining the Product Strategy, Roadmap, Prioritization, Development and Implementation of new and existing products and services for rapid! PayCard, rapid! Disbursements, and rapid! On Demand platforms. Also, responsible for managing the vetting, execution and evaluation of all product initiatives while interacting with all levels of the company.

Austin, Texas, Us

Responsible for managing a new Product Team at rapid! that focuses on partner product demos, product integrations with the company's systems and tools, and driving and defining the Product Strategy, Roadmap, Prioritization, Development and Implementation of new and existing products and services for rapid! PayCard, rapid! Disbursements, and rapid! On Demand.

Austin, Texas, Us

Responsible for driving and defining the Product Strategy, Roadmap, Prioritization, Development and Implementation of new and existing products and services for rapid! PayCard, rapid! Disbursements, and rapid! On Demand. Also responsible for the scoping, development and launch of these products.

Responsible for managing and optimizing the profitability and long-term growth of the Univision Mastercard Prepaid Card Program. Responsible for all aspects (Product Strategy, Product Management, Operations, Sales, Business Development, Digital Marketing, Finance, Reporting, Compliance, Account Management, Partner Relations, Customer Experience)

Miami, Florida, Us

GM responsible for the Univision Mastercard Prepaid Card Program. Co-founder in building from the ground up the country's largest Hispanic GPR prepaid portfolio.Actively managed Net Revenue and EBITDA financial targets to achieve double and triple % growth.Launched, grew and optimized prepaid card distribution through web, phone and retail channels.Grew Retail sales over 150% by expanding the Grocery store channel and launching into Convenience, Pharmacy and Big Box store channels.Achieved 25% longer card life and 90% higher customer satisfaction scores exceeding industry performance standards.Built a successful high performing team up to 16 people to maintain and grow the existing business.Developed and implemented innovative marketing strategies, media advertising and effective product promotions to grow the Prepaid Card Program.Migrated flawlessly a Processor conversion from Google to FISSuccessfully negotiated and closed a unique partnership deal with Catalina Card Services to leverage the strengths of both companies to introduce new products and features that will extend our reach to the Hispanic consumer and beyond.

Miami, Florida, Us

Oversaw daily operations and managed over 17 vendor/third party relationships. Designed and implemented business strategies, product operational plans and financial procedures.Enhanced cardholder lifecycle communications as well as product promotional offers to Hispanic consumersSuccessfully built an integrated Consumer Database and Prepaid Data Warehouse to optimize business decisions. Utilized Agile development processes. Co-built extensive financial models to successfully monitor, track and forecast the Prepaid Card Program.

Miami, Florida, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Executed strategic and financial projects to enhance business intelligence architecture and optimize business leadership and performance. - Transformed Global Network Services reporting, analysis and real-time business monitoring by working with Microstrategy to create an integrated, scaleable Business Intelligence (BI) platform. - Re-engineered Treasury's leadership, organizational model and operational processes resulting in cost savings over $1MM and better integration of the Firm's cash management functions.

New York, Ny, Us

Partnered with Senior Management and the Business Development / Account teams to set strategic and financial targets and evaluate new partnership deal opportunities. Managed a staff of 17 people responsible for business planning, forecasting, financial reporting and network implementations.

New York, Ny, Us

Successfully managed HQ Treasury Consultancy / International Market Support team providing financial, analytical, and daily operational support to Regional Treasury Centers. Spearheaded international cross-functional Business and Treasury intiatives to help meet P&L / Reengineering targets and business growth. Executed FX and liquidity strategy updates as well as presentations to Senior Executive Management.

New York, Ny, Us

Provided Training, Controls and Implementation support to all Foreign Exchange Services (FES) business units worldwide with particular emphasis on the US, Canada and Latin America markets. Developed, presented and negotiated potential co-branded partnerships and alliances in Asia with Banks and Corporations. Project leader on various global FES and Travel projects to develop new products, maximize revenues, streamline processes and minimize costs.Implemented a Worldwide International Payments Service to small and medium sized businesses. Led and managed a cross-functional team over 80 people. Winner of the Tier II Chairman's Award for Quality and Travel Related Services International Award.

New York, Ny, Us

Managed a foreign exchange trading operations. Reviewed foreign exchange exposures and developed hedging strategies on a daily basis for the Canadian, Asian and European markets. Analyzed long term funding strategies and capital infusions. Developed tax driven strategies and built partnerships with banks to manage funding and liquidity concerns.

New York, Ny, Us

One of six graduates selected in the U.S. to the 2 year Corporate Finance Rotational Program.

Mba, Finance

Bs, Finance