Tyler Kroll Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Founded the Risk Analytics team at Mudflap and served as interim Risk Product Manager. Shaped overall risk strategy and vision at the company, including the implementation of novel risk levers like 2FA. Brought down fraud losses by 20% and developed and deployed the first risk ML model at the company. Managed and helped develop a bespoke an internal fraud rule platform and created/optimized numerous novel risk controls. Oversaw and helped shut down a large-scale ATO incident. Developed source-of-truth metrics and reporting in a nascent data environment.

San Francisco, California, Us

Founded the Credit Risk Analytics team at Brex. Undertook critical analysis to inform credit policy, including the development of a new risk lever that dramatically reduced customer friction, the creation of a customer monitoring tool that increased speed for credit risk identification, and a credit risk feature library. Continued to develop data science skill set (Python & Pandas, statistical experimentation, data pipelining) and project management skills to align and tie together cross-functional teams, including Credit Science, Software Engineering, Product, and Credit Operations.

San Francisco, California, Us

Carried out business-critical analytics and reporting for risk-related subjects. Became a thought leader in the team, including suggesting, leading, and implementing a project that reduced incorrectly actioned transactions by over $10M per month. Became the Brex subject matter expert in various areas, such as card testing/BIN attacks. Co-led all aspects of a significant fraud incident, including response, mitigation, and postmortem. Trained teammates in various areas of risk. Continued to develop data science skill set, including advanced SQL, Python, LookML, statistical methods, data pipelining, feature creation, and table creation.

San Francisco, California, Us

Leveraged advanced SQL, mathematically-conscious analysis, and Looker/LookML to generate accurate and detailed insights and present findings in easily-digestible documents and visualizations. Was a leader on multiple high-impact projects directly affecting internal and external customers, including the development of a tool/process that saved Brex an estimated $1M of fraud annually. Co-owned the suite of fraud rules that process every card transaction and contributed to various day-to-day activities including fraud incident mitigation, deep-dive analyses, and process improvement. Forged many highly productive cross-functional relationships through extensive work with Operations, Software Engineering, and Business Development. Was selected (for a second time) to present my work to the CEOs.

San Francisco, California, Us

Gained experience recognizing, mitigating, and protecting both Brex and its customers against financial fraud. Served as an in-team data expert by pulling data and performing retrospective analyses. Contributed novel analytic insights to multiple long-term projects, allowing teammates and cross-functional stakeholders to make data-driven business decisions. Designed and implemented multiple dashboards that allowed team leaders to track performance of the team and its systems. Contributed to quotidian processing of fraud-related cases, including: processing disputes, reviewing transactions, performing account reviews, and responding to customer and internal requests. Was selected to present my work to the CEOs.

Developed legal writing and case research skills. Focused on collection law, corporate organization, discovery review, and breach of contract disputes. Implemented a document template library and case information database in order to streamline drafting. Gained experience interacting with clients in both a legal and business (commercial real estate) context.

Lehi, Ut, Us

Augmented a predictive model focused on DNA kit returns. Assisted in developing key visualizations of financial data and goals. Worked in OLAP databases, SQL databases, and used IBM Planning Analytics, IBM Cognos Analytics, and Excel/VBA. Worked collectively with a large remote team as an independent problem solver.

Lombard, Illinois, Us

Coached large groups of athletes of all ages and abilities. Assisted in organizing and planning logistics for team travel to tournaments across the country. Learned to effectively delegate responsibilities amongst coaches and staff. Gained knowledge how to effectively lead a team and adapt to adverse situations in real time. Represented the company brand through consistent interaction with parents and players.

Assisted in case research and development of legal positions. Applied computer science skills in analysis of legal evidence. Acquired legal writing skills through drafting of various legal documents. Developed interpersonal skills and trust through client interaction, handling of sensitive information, and execution of commercial real estate projects.

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Tutor specializing in mathematics, instructing the University’s Division 1 student-athletes

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Course: Honors Core in Intellectual Traditions I: Antiquity and the Beginning of the Common EraProfessor: Patricia Rohrer, Assistant Dean, Associate Professor/Lecturer, Honors College, University of Utah

Honors B.S., Computational Mathematics

Minor, Computer Science

High School Diploma