Experience

LendingClub

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Director, Data Analytics

  • Oct 2023 - Present



Varo Bank

• United States
• Banking
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Director of Engineering, Data and Back Office

  • Feb 2022 - Jun 2023

  Enhanced Varo's AWS cloud-based big data platform by incorporating near-real-time data provisioning, introducing graph capabilities and visualization, and implementing self-service functionality for the analytics and AI/ML teams.Spearheaded the creation of an offshore Robotic Process Automation (RPA) team, automating 25+ manual processes and saving over $1.25M annually.Led a globally distributed team of 30+ engineers in data, frontend, backend, back-office engineering and integration roles, fostering close collaboration and delivering highly impactful results.Fostered collaboration across diverse business units including Banking, Lending, Operations, Engineering, Regulatory, Finance, Analytics, Data Science, Marketing, and Legal through regular interactions, cross-functional projects, and one-on-one engagements.Collaborated with vendors including AWS, Saas & Paas providers to implement strategic feature enhancements, improve performance, resiliency & uptime, and manage costs.Reduced AWS costs by 27%, optimized tooling/infrastructure, and contributed to improving contribution margin by over $60 per capita within 2 quarters.Elevated employee experience by developing Varo's Internal Portal, consolidating back-office applications for enhanced efficiency.Set team strategies, priorities, and objectives, conducted performance reviews, engaged in career development activities and motivated team members to do their best work.Led a company-wide initiative to phase out legacy sponsor bank infrastructure (in contrast to chartered bank), ensuring seamless communication among internal business units and external vendors, while effectively decommissioning all associated infrastructure. Show less

• Director of Engineering, Data

  • Aug 2019 - Feb 2022

  Led the design and development of Varo's AWS cloud-based data platform from inception, supporting an all-digital bank's operational, analytical, and reporting functions through AWS-based Datalake, Databases, and Microservices platform.Hired a world class team of high-performing Data Engineers, Data Analysts, DBAs and BI Engineers, scaling from 1 to ~20 employees within 18 months.Played a pivotal role in a seamless Aug 2020 business launch, ensuring adherence to regulatory compliance requirements through the execution of Varo's AWS cloud-based data platform.Evaluated various Business Intelligence (BI) tools, such as Looker, Quicksight, and Tableau, ultimately selecting Tableau as the designated strategic solution.Ensured robust data governance, privacy, and security measures for sensitive customer data.Collaborated cross-functionally to meet diverse business needs, establishing Varo's strong market presence.Prior to the inauguration of the chartered bank, effectively managed and maintained Varo's pre-existing data platform. Show less



BlackRock

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Engineering Manager, Data

  • Dec 2009 - Mar 2019

  Led the development of data ingestion, delivery pipelines and platforms that enable BlackRock’s digital properties. Partnered with global executives, technical leads and business leads to define and coordinate digital product development. Worked with big data, data science and infrastructure engineers to define technical roadmaps for our digital platforms. Led the firm-wide systems integration for data consolidation efforts and major acquisitions Achieved aggressive production goals by working closely with HR to maintain appropriate staffing levels and further developing technical capability. Show less



BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS

• San Francisco, California, United States

• Engineering Manager, Web and Data

  • Sep 2006 - Dec 2009

  Led the development of iShares sites in the US, Canada, UK, Germany and Hong Kong. Worked closely with European regulatory and technology leads to design and develop the Key Investor Information Document (KIID) platform to conform to European regulatory requirements. Developed a web based Product Knowledgebase (PKB) to enable competitive product analysis for the iShares sales. Designed and developed a data quality management system to monitor financial data feeds for accuracy, timeliness and completeness. Led a multi-disciplined team and served as product manager for the iShares site administration tools. Built the iShares Retail Data platform. Show less



RedEnvelope

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Consultant - Data Architect

  • Sep 2005 - Aug 2006

  Served as solutions architect and led a team of consultants to re-platform an e-Commerce website for a boutique San Francisco based online retailer. Served as networking specialist and set up a VPN used for remote development. Set up the code repository and automated build and regression testing frameworks. Served as solutions architect and led a team of consultants to re-platform an e-Commerce website for a boutique San Francisco based online retailer. Served as networking specialist and set up a VPN used for remote development. Set up the code repository and automated build and regression testing frameworks.



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Consultant - Backend/ORM Architect

  • Mar 2005 - Sep 2005

  Led a team of 15 front and back developers to deliver a web based actuarial service engine for Kaiser Permanente. Served as application architect and backend development specialist. Specialized in Hibernate ORM solutions. Led a team of 15 front and back developers to deliver a web based actuarial service engine for Kaiser Permanente. Served as application architect and backend development specialist. Specialized in Hibernate ORM solutions.



Gap Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Consultant - Lead

  • May 2004 - Mar 2005

  Developed order management system for gap.com, bananarepublic.com and oldnavy.com. Implemented EJB framework, SOA client framework interfacing with point of sale, payment verification, address verification and inventory management services. Worked extensively with J2EE distributed transactions on IBM platform. Developed, executed and evaluated local and distributed JUnit tests. Developed order management system for gap.com, bananarepublic.com and oldnavy.com. Implemented EJB framework, SOA client framework interfacing with point of sale, payment verification, address verification and inventory management services. Worked extensively with J2EE distributed transactions on IBM platform. Developed, executed and evaluated local and distributed JUnit tests.



Thought Inc.

• San Francisco Bay Area

• Software Developer

  • Dec 1999 - May 2004

  Developed multi-tiered reference e-Commerce applications incorporating proprietary object to relational (ORM) technologies in J2EE containers. Designed and implemented e-Commerce schemas on commercial and open source databases. Developed applications requiring specialized use cases including data caching, messaging, multi-threading, and high volume, distributed transactions. Developed ORM product integrations with major commercial application servers and databases. Developed multi-tiered reference e-Commerce applications incorporating proprietary object to relational (ORM) technologies in J2EE containers. Designed and implemented e-Commerce schemas on commercial and open source databases. Developed applications requiring specialized use cases including data caching, messaging, multi-threading, and high volume, distributed transactions. Developed ORM product integrations with major commercial application servers and databases.



Abbott

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Nov 1998 - Nov 1999

  Developed blood sample transport mechanisms and components for hematology analyzer used in hepatitis & HIV detection Developed blood sample transport mechanisms and components for hematology analyzer used in hepatitis & HIV detection



Space Systems/Loral Inc

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr Mechanisms and Test Engineer

  • Sep 1997 - Sep 1998

  Pro-Engineer jockey. Developed multi-generational inertial simulator and life test fixtures for Solar Array Drive Assembly (SADA) division. Performed life test simulation for GOES-9 weather satellite actuators. Pro-Engineer jockey. Developed multi-generational inertial simulator and life test fixtures for Solar Array Drive Assembly (SADA) division. Performed life test simulation for GOES-9 weather satellite actuators.



Trace Analytical (Ametek)

• Menlo Park, California, United States

• Mechanical Design and Development Engineer

  • Sep 1994 - Aug 1997

  Developed gas chromatographic based sub-ppb gas impurity detectors and turnkey system used in the semiconductor manufacturing process. Clients included Intel, TSMC, Nanya, Hitachi, Fujitsu Developed gas chromatographic based sub-ppb gas impurity detectors and turnkey system used in the semiconductor manufacturing process. Clients included Intel, TSMC, Nanya, Hitachi, Fujitsu



United States Mint

• San Francisco, California, United States

• Mechanical Engineer Intern

  • Apr 1993 - Jun 1994

  Developed measurement, testing and processing equipment to aid in the production of proof (collector) coin sets. Developed statistical process improvement program to improve production yield. Developed measurement, testing and processing equipment to aid in the production of proof (collector) coin sets. Developed statistical process improvement program to improve production yield.