Chicago, Illinois, United States
I am a product leader specializing in building and scaling API-first financial infrastructure and AI-enabled B2B SaaS platforms for lending and account origination. I thrive on taking products from 0-to-1 and driving revenue growth by connecting developer-centric solutions to major financial institutions. My experience spans Consumer and SMB segments, focusing on strategic vision, cross-functional execution, and managing high-performing product organizations. Key Experience Highlights: * Strategic Exit: My work contributed to the successful acquisition of Amount by FIS, integrating a unified, digital-native origination platform into a global financial leader. * API & Infrastructure: Led the launch of key platform products, including API-based embedded finance solutions and BNPL infrastructure, enabling new revenue streams and partner integrations. * Team Building: Built and scaled multiple product teams, making 15+ direct hires and fostering a culture of technical depth and velocity.
Amount (Acquired by FIS in 2025): A leading Fintech SaaS company providing financial institutions with a comprehensive, scalable digital origination platform. This solution empowers banks and credit unions to rapidly launch and manage a large-scale portfolio of digital account opening and lending products. Accomplishments: * Platform Strategy & P&L: Directed the strategic vision and roadmap for the core financial product portfolio (lending, card, and deposits) across Consumer and SMB segments. The platform originated over $15 billion in digital products and processed over 200 million unique applications. * Market Expansion & Efficiency: Led the segment expansion strategy by building the first SMB working capital products for mid-market banks, achieving a 75% reduction in implementation costs through standardized, reusable platform design. * 0-to-1 Product Launches: Led multiple launches, including API-based embedded finance and virtual card BNPL infrastructure. This included launching a new Point-of-Sale lending product, generating over $X million in net new ARR in the first year. * Team Leadership: Scaled multiple high-performing product teams, leading the hiring and development of a high-functioning team of product professionals (15+ direct hires) to increase organizational output and velocity.
Head of Financial Product
Head of Embedded Finance Product (Point-of-Sale and BNPL)
* Flagship Product Growth: Head of the flagship product that achieved 10x ARR growth in my first year, utilizing powerful machine-learning and real-time data for supply chain visibility. * Market-Driving Launches: Launched two key new products (Temperature Tracking and Ocean Tracking) within the core platform, leading to major enterprise sales in the first six months. * Execution Leadership: Developed the product strategy and roadmap and managed the end-to-end execution process (sprint planning, daily stands, release) for internal and external stakeholders.
Avant is an online lending platform that is changing the way consumers obtain credit by lowering the costs and barriers of borrowing. Utilizing big data and machine-learning algorithms, the company offers a unique and highly customized approach to streamlined credit options. At its core, Avant is a tech company that is dedicated to creating innovative and practical financial products for all consumers. After securing more than $1.4 billion in funding, Avant was the most funded company in Chicago in 2014. More than 180,000 loans have been issued through the Avant website. Avant has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TechCrunch, Fortune, Bloomberg and Crain’s Chicago Business. Avant was named to Forbes America's Most Promising Companies list for 2015 as well as Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startups list for 2015. Loans through Avant are available in 46 U.S. states and in the United Kingdom. Find out more at www.avant.com.
* New Product Revenue: Designed, built, and released a new refinance product , leading a team of six developers to launch a product that issued over $150 million of refinance loans in the first year. * Operational Improvement: Transformed a loan-servicing portal used by over 500 specialists into a workflow-based solution, reducing on-boarding and training time by two weeks and increasing QA scores by 20%.
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