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MY SPECIALTY IS

Helping companies build and grow great digital products through data-driven decision making. I work cross-functionally every day with talented engineers and designers to develop industry-leading SaaS fintech products that bring modern and secure online banking experiences for millions of consumers.

Functional Expertise

Product Strategy

Developing market assessments, conducting customer interviews, relationship management, and defining and tracking success metrics through automated dashboards

Product Development

Running design sprints, allocating engineering resources, and translating business-to-technical requirements

Advanced Analytics & BI

Customer attrition modeling, A/B testing, direct mail uplift modeling, text classification analysis of online reviews, and building reporting dashboards

Data Engineering

Building ETL for data warehouse and data governance strategy

Industry Expertise

Financial Services

Digital product originations and servicing for personal loan products. Managing marketing channels and building tools for improved campaign conversion tracking. Large-scale security infrastructure migrations

Insurance

Predictive modeling for sales agents attrition, data infrastructure revamps, and business intelligence transformations

Healthcare

Data governance program strategy for improving data quality and organizational data competencies for hospital systems

I am skilled with the following technologies:

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My journey thus far has led me to:

Amount

Product Manager

Amount | 2019 - Present | Chicago, IL

A fintech SaaS technology company carve out of the fintech leader Avant, Amount helps financial institutions representing over 25 million customers and $1T in assets (in total) modernize retail banking through a modern API framework which streamlines workflows and automates account originations across all products and channels. With Amount, partners can go live with new digital products in months instead of years.

Product manager for our customer account-opening Application product which serves as the foundation on which our partners can configure highly customized solutions for best-in-class personal loan, credit card, and other digital credit product experiences. My work spans solutions that help our customers increase their funnel, track customer conversions, control risk, and integrate with other technology services.

Avant

Senior Associate, Data

Avant | 2017 - 2019 | Chicago, IL

Avant is the leading provider of credit alternatives to middle income consumers and has served more than 600,000 customers worldwide. Founded in late 2012, Avant has raised over $600 million of equity capital and originated over $4 billion of loans on the platform.

Product manager for the Data Platform working closely with our Data Engineering team. Ensured the successful data onboarding of Avant with its new bank partnerships.

WMP

Experienced Consultant, Technology

West Monroe Partners | 2015 - 2017 | Chicago, IL

West Monroe (WMP) is a national consulting firm comprised of more than 1,300 professionals specializing in digital transformations for Fortune 500 and mid-sized clients.

Consultant within the Technology practice with experience in predictive analytics, data strategy, data engineering, and business intelligence with projects across the insurance, financial services, and healthcare industries.

Northwestern

Northwestern University

B.A. Economics | 2011 - 2015 | Evanston, IL

Affiliations:

  • - Institute for Student Business Education (ISBE) Director
  • - China Care Foundation - NU Chapter President
  • - Chinese Students Association

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