Experience

Deserve

• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vice President, Financial Institutions

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  Palo Alto, California, United States Deserve partners with financial institutions, fintechs and modern consumer brands to develop, rapidly deploy and power white label and co-branded credit card programs for any audience. We are the only player in the market today certified by Mastercard and Visa as offering a digital-first, mobile-centric, API based highly configurable credit card solution. We use machine learning and alternative data in our proprietary algorithm that yields a higher approval rate. We can customize design a… Show more Deserve partners with financial institutions, fintechs and modern consumer brands to develop, rapidly deploy and power white label and co-branded credit card programs for any audience. We are the only player in the market today certified by Mastercard and Visa as offering a digital-first, mobile-centric, API based highly configurable credit card solution. We use machine learning and alternative data in our proprietary algorithm that yields a higher approval rate. We can customize design a rewards program to increase LTV and loyalty. We have great partners like Sallie Mae, Customers Bank, AMC, and M1 and amazing investors like MasterCard, Visa, Goldman Sachs, Ally, Accel, Pelion, Aspect Ventures, and Mission Holdings. Show less



Spring Labs

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Business Development, Banking Partnerships

  • Jul 2020 - Dec 2021

  San Francisco Bay Area Spring Labs is transforming the financial services industry by creating a more transparent, secure, and consumer-centric "rails" for the creation of data products related to ID verification, fraud, income/employment verification, and more. Spring Labs unlocks the value of data that otherwise wouldn't be exchanged by financial institutions by minimizing competitive sensitivities through its world-class security and anonymity-preserving infrastructure. Since inception, Spring Labs has… Show more Spring Labs is transforming the financial services industry by creating a more transparent, secure, and consumer-centric "rails" for the creation of data products related to ID verification, fraud, income/employment verification, and more. Spring Labs unlocks the value of data that otherwise wouldn't be exchanged by financial institutions by minimizing competitive sensitivities through its world-class security and anonymity-preserving infrastructure. Since inception, Spring Labs has partnered with 50+ of the largest fintechs, lenders, and banks to turn our vision of secure data exchange into a reality. Show less



Green Dot Corporation

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Director, Strategic Accounts (NYSE - GDOT)

  • Jul 2018 - Jul 2020

  San Francisco Bay Area Green Dot Corporation is a member service provider for Green Dot Bank (a FDIC-Insured Bank), providing Banking as a Service (BaaS) as an end-to-end platform for issuing and managing enterprise scale bank accounts, credit/debit card programs, and mass-payment programs. Green Dot is the only vertically integrated platform with an API driven tech stack, banking license, supply chain & fulfillment, and nationwide cash reload/ATM network. Green Dot currently powers branded programs for the world's… Show more Green Dot Corporation is a member service provider for Green Dot Bank (a FDIC-Insured Bank), providing Banking as a Service (BaaS) as an end-to-end platform for issuing and managing enterprise scale bank accounts, credit/debit card programs, and mass-payment programs. Green Dot is the only vertically integrated platform with an API driven tech stack, banking license, supply chain & fulfillment, and nationwide cash reload/ATM network. Green Dot currently powers branded programs for the world's strongest brands including Apple, Intuit, Uber, Wal-Mart, and more. Show less



Payoneer

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Client Business Management - US, EU, & APAC (IPO - NASDAQ: PAYO)

  • Aug 2015 - Jul 2018

  Palo Alto Payoneer is the leading global cross-boarder mass-payments processor for businesses and marketplaces. Payoneer's global banking network & technology is disrupting the international banking industry's methods of transferring money globally in the areas of: lower cost, faster time to process, and global payee compliance.



Upwork

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Strategic Account Manager (IPO - NASDAQ: UPWK)

  • Mar 2013 - Aug 2015

  San Francisco Upwork (formally Elance-oDesk) operates the world largest freelancer/contract worker platform where companies can market SOWs, and global independent contractors can secure this work in compliance. Upwork is disrupting the HR, recruitment, and procurement models around sourcing, managing, and Payments for international contractors.



Bloom Energy

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategic & Enterprise Account Executive (IPO - NYSE: BE)

  • Apr 2010 - Mar 2013

  Sunnyvale BloomEnergy manufactures and sells NASA developed commercial grade fuel-cells. Their fuel cells convert natural gas into electricity more efficiently than any other technology in the world. Bloom is disrupting the global power generation market, and has the ability to bring power to any region in the world; on or off grid.

• Account Executive

  • Apr 2009 - Apr 2010



8x8

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Inside Sales Manager (NASDAQ: EGHT)

  • Jan 2006 - Mar 2009

  San Jose 8x8 Inc. pioneered the VOIP industry and the transition from businesses using land-line phones, to using hosted PBX phone systems. This disrupted both the cost model for multi-site communication, as well as legacy challenges for businesses to expand their operations globally.