Walter Thornton Email & Phone Number

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

* Leadership of B2B fintech SaaS company* Led all product design and development* Architected, built and supported a SaaS online B2B payment system, processing over $1.5 billion per month with over 300,000 users* Implemented AWS serverless microservices architecture, true CI/CD pipeline and infrastructure as code* Created and led all security (including offensive cloud security) and compliance (PCI, SOC) efforts* Led all non-sales teams: marketing, product marketing and management, development, platform engineering, customer success, finance, HR and legal

Austin, Tx, Us

Responsible for business process and market innovation, as well as all traditional and digital marketing efforts.• Responsible for all aspects of marketing, including customer segmentation, content marketing, web/mobile advertising analytics, and all lead-generation efforts• Marketing efforts helped grow loan portfolio from $17 million to over $50 million in 15 months• Created annual survey of residential investors, using results to segment customer base, reorient marketing strategy, drive PR and inbound marketing efforts, and improve sales pipelines• Drove ROI analysis of marketing efforts, resulting in 32% reduction in cost of lead acquisition• Developed algorithmic product selector, online application and document submission platform, and machine learning models to predict loan performance• Reduced IT expenses over 30% through the implementation of Salesforce and Hubspot

• Identified an opportunity in the social media market and developed a solution to address consumers’ need for connecting with others based on shared interests• Conceived, designed, developed and marketed flockstream.com, going from sketch to launch in less than six months using Agile methodology• Led all UI/UX design and wrote all code (HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, JQuery, PHP, MySQL, Python); set up cloud-based server, storage and streaming backend (AWS)• Designed and developed an innovative visual map for navigating online threaded conversations using Javascript, D3.js• Created a series of entertaining, informative animated videos to explain Flockstream and the interest graph need it solves

Managed all aspects of product development, from design through development to manufacturing and marketing.• Responsible for product strategy, innovation, development, quality, production, customer service and marketing for all products globally• Led team in researching, developing and commercializing new technologies, including active power reduction innovations; partnered with Texas Instruments in the development of an iGo Green power-management chip (youtu.be/k_JYEO8ZFSE)• Managed annual budget of over $5 million, managing a team of 20+ employees, including direct reports in the U.S., Asia and Europe• Extensive experience initiating, negotiating and fostering relationships with manufacturing and technology partners across North America, Asia and Europe• Negotiated multiple agreements with suppliers, partners and customers, including Texas Instruments, Belkin, Dell, HP, Intel, Foxconn, wireless charging consortiums and others• Led creation of iGo’s corporate vision and strategy and was involved in all aspects of executive management, including Board, investor and public presentations• Overhauled development processes and methods; reduced expenses 50% through combination of increased productivity and shorter times to market

Bsba, Finance

Mba, Mba

Deep Learning Nanodegree Foundation, Deep Learning