Stephen Parr Email & Phone Number

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

As a highly qualified specialist, I deliver direction and roadmap to improve strategic planning, operational efficiency, program delivery, and product innovation. With my critical and analytical thinking abilities, I can quickly evaluate the situation and find effective solutions to deal with the challenge. I identify program design and delivery requirements of large/small clients with the migration to Fiserv platform and product suites. I proved myself as a top-level professional with demonstrated experience championing innovations and improvements. I plan, consult, and execute highly complex design projects within the agreed timeframe, quality, and custom specification. Build and maintain collaborative relations with C-suite executives to deliver program design considerations and expedite strategic delivery.

Greater Omaha Area

Strategic leader driving product strategy, modern capability advancement, and program delivery in a cost effective matrix managed world. Adept in bridging fin tech to traditional institutional customer models. Drive client or intenral business case delivery from inception to executive approval. Collaborate with client partners to address capability modernization and delivery of solution sets focused on the customer experience channels. Consult partners with intimate market knowledge and insights across widely varied B2C and B2B models. Key contributor driving new business from contact through agreement execution. Leadership role driving positioning from RFP to final sales cycle delivery.

Consult with prospective and existing customers in all aspects of the credit payments market, including revolving credit, credit card, loan program, and alternative credit product schemes. Expertise crosses traditional institutional and emerging alternative investment backed credit markets. Span of market economies include North America (U.S. and Canada) along with Caribbean with background in several EMEA and APAC regions.Work with the largest financial companies in the world, community institutions, and dynamic emerging alternative payments firms. Lead or participate in the full sales cycle from introduction through implementation. Have helped drive significant revenue growth through numerous closed deals, and assist maintaining a 10x sales pipeline against year over year expansion.

Worked with the largest retail private label and cobranded issuer in the world building a strong partnership and driving significant growth for both parties. Maintained strong relationships with the issuer and some of the largest retailers in the world building stronger value added solutions and creating greater program management efficiencies. Responsible for identifying,cultivating, and delivering new business across a wide array of product assets requiring technology expertise and strategic vision for both parties. Lead initiatives critical to both First Data and our issuing customer base through the credit market regulatory change period. Looked to as an expert in providing leadership through technology change and economy downturn challenges.

Brought to market several new product offerings crossing marketing, communication, and operational disciplines. Guided the product entries from product concept to technology deployment using voice of client and market intelligence to bring value added capability. Owned numerous product or service offerings including P/L ownership, sales, support, and project consultation skill sets.

Held various positions and management role within Client Servicing community, supporting large retail private label clients and financial institutions of varying sizes.