William Simmons Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Product Lead focused on merchant onboarding and activation.

Richmond, California, Us

Passive Partner at Edition One Books, a self self publishing book manufacturer based out of California producing short-run books of unmatched quality and customization

San Francisco, California, Us

Led Affirm’s platform product team responsible for loan platform, consumer payments ($20B/yr), card issuing, merchant disbursements, money movement, financial ledgers/reporting, underwriting/credit, and merchant risk.Oversaw 15+ PMs alongside an engineering team of 180+ engineers, responsible for the multi tenant platforms that powered over 100K loan originations per day and $XX.X M in payment volume daily.My team drove top and bottom line contributions ($XX.XM/yr) via increased revenue (credit model innovation, interchange optimization) and OpEx reductions (payment processing optimization, risk reduction), contributing significantly to Affirm reaching profitability in fiscal ‘23 (adjusted operating income).Member of the CTO leadership team, driving and leading platform architecture and strategy.

San Francisco, California, Us

Recruited back to Affirm as Head of Finance Operations and Chief of Staff to the CFO ahead of Affirm’s IPO.Accountable for ensuring that the entire finance organization was a well-oiled machine in its newly found public status. This included month-end close, SEC reporting, forecasting, earnings, and budgeting.Steering committee member for several M&A transactions, including Paybright ($340M CAD), Returnly ($300M), and a corporate convertible note ($1.5B+ @ 0% coupon with a conversion premium of 55%).

Mountain View, Ca, Us

A brief yet fulfilling stint at Google alongside a great team. Joined the AdMob publishing (sell-side) team, working on several initiatives to optimize publisher access to ad inventory and improve publishers’ net earnings

San Francisco, California, Us

Led the Capital product organization covering loan funding (forward flow, debt facilities, securitization), Treasury (liquidity and cash management), and Loan Originations (via multiple bank partners).Enabled the execution of $1.5B+ of Capital Market deals, bringing critical and efficient funding capacity and reducing Affirm’s cost of funds in the run-up to it’s IPO.Enabled the world’s first BNPL securitization (GlobalCapital Esoteric ABS Issuer of the Year 2021) via a novel proprietary Order Management System to manage loan collateral allocation, pricing, and investor reporting, handling the transaction and servicing of millions of loans daily.

New York, New York, Us

Joined as Vim’s first product leader, partnering with co-founders to translate the company mission and vision from concept through delivery. Key member in fundraising efforts leading to a successful and fully committed Series A/B funding rounds totaling $XX.X M.Delivered population health offerings resulting in 400% higher patient engagement and improved health outcomes and a 70% increase in preventive care measures.

New York, New York, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Dublin 2, Ie