Experience

Pinwheel

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Advisor

  • Dec 2023 - 1 month

• Head of Product

  • Apr 2022 - Dec 2023



Stealth Startup

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• Founder

  • Dec 2023 - 1 month



Amount

• United States
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Strategy Officer

  • Jan 2020 - Apr 2022

  Chicago, Illinois, United States Responsible for solving and setting long term strategy for the businesses hardest problems across all areas including product, technology and operations.

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Nov 2016 - Dec 2019

  Greater Chicago Area Overseeing Product and Technology Teams. -Amount and Avant are split into two companies. Amount provides financial institutions with a range of products and services designed to deliver a seamless digital and mobile customer experience. Amount includes configurable end-to-end lending products, standalone engines, marketing, risk and data/analytics services, and CRM and portfolio management tools. The Amount platform leverages the technology, intellectual property and capabilities of… Show more Overseeing Product and Technology Teams. -Amount and Avant are split into two companies. Amount provides financial institutions with a range of products and services designed to deliver a seamless digital and mobile customer experience. Amount includes configurable end-to-end lending products, standalone engines, marketing, risk and data/analytics services, and CRM and portfolio management tools. The Amount platform leverages the technology, intellectual property and capabilities of Avant’s industry-leading digital lending platform. With Amount, banks now have access to a fully customizable platform that includes tools for credit decisioning, fraud prevention, account verifications, risk assessment, marketing and customer acquisition and more. For more information, visit www.amount.com.



Avant

• United States
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• CTO, Product and Technology

  • Nov 2016 - Oct 2019

  Chicago, IL Avant and Amount have split into two companies.

• SVP of Product & Technology

  • Sep 2016 - Nov 2016

  Chicago, Illinois

• VP of Product

  • Nov 2015 - Sep 2016

  Chicago 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… Show more 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.

• Head of US Personal Lending

  • Feb 2015 - Nov 2015

  Chicago 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… Show more 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 Initiatives, Line of Credit, Risk and Fraud Prevention

  • Feb 2013 - Feb 2015

  Chicago, IL AvantCredit is changing the way near-prime consumers borrow money. Utilizing advanced algorithms and machine-learning capabilities, the company offers a unique and highly customized approach to the personal loan process. The combination of technology, analytics and customer service capabilities allows the company to provide a simple process for personal loans and line of credit products to borrowers, all entirely online. AvantCredit operates in 46 U.S. states and in the United Kingdom under the… Show more AvantCredit is changing the way near-prime consumers borrow money. Utilizing advanced algorithms and machine-learning capabilities, the company offers a unique and highly customized approach to the personal loan process. The combination of technology, analytics and customer service capabilities allows the company to provide a simple process for personal loans and line of credit products to borrowers, all entirely online. AvantCredit operates in 46 U.S. states and in the United Kingdom under the brand SpringCoin.com.



Enova International

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• US Business Lead - Installment

  • Nov 2011 - Feb 2013

  Chicago * Solely responsible for managing business operations for our $40MM installment lending business line. * Capitalize on exceptional written and oral skills to leverage teams across 7+ departments to drive business results. * Effectively manage and mentor a growing team of 3 direct reports. * Orchestrated multiple multi-million dollar revenue generating operational improvements including developing a proprietary method to handle discounts saving the company over $1.1MM… Show more * Solely responsible for managing business operations for our $40MM installment lending business line. * Capitalize on exceptional written and oral skills to leverage teams across 7+ departments to drive business results. * Effectively manage and mentor a growing team of 3 direct reports. * Orchestrated multiple multi-million dollar revenue generating operational improvements including developing a proprietary method to handle discounts saving the company over $1.1MM annually. * Exceeded budgetary customer growth expectations by 160%+ driving an increase in long-term profitability. * Expanded the breadth of the business into 2 additional geographic locations. * Directly managed a report to drive successful roll out of a new collections strategy projected to drive up to $2MM in incremental revenue annually.

• Business Analytics - Senior Associate

  • Jul 2011 - Nov 2011

  * Responsible for managing risk analytics across 4 brands in 3 different countries. This included 4 of the companies 5 major business lines. * Utilized analytical and technical skills to drive multiple risk analytics projects generating over $500,000 per year in loan loss savings in 2011. Projects completed primarily using descriptive statistics through the use of SQL and Microsoft Excel. * Responsible for managing and teaching a team of 3 responsible for monitoring day to day fraud… Show more * Responsible for managing risk analytics across 4 brands in 3 different countries. This included 4 of the companies 5 major business lines. * Utilized analytical and technical skills to drive multiple risk analytics projects generating over $500,000 per year in loan loss savings in 2011. Projects completed primarily using descriptive statistics through the use of SQL and Microsoft Excel. * Responsible for managing and teaching a team of 3 responsible for monitoring day to day fraud prevention across 4 business lines. * Drove new initiatives and managed relationships as the sole risk contact for vendor testing and integration. * Drove cross functional projects to support new data integration and drive cross functional synergies. * Developed proprietary velocity model as a risk mitigation strategy leveraging creativity and strong analytical capabilities.

• Business Analytics - Associate

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2011

  * Received a rating of "Exceeds All Expectations" by direct managers and executives (Top 1% of company receives this rating). * In charge of managing, maintaining, and supporting risk analytics for 4 brands of companies 5 major business lines. * Performed descriptive statistics and executed analytical projects worth over $500,000 / yr. in loan loss savings. * Drove new initiatives and managed relationships as the sole risk contact for vendor testing and… Show more * Received a rating of "Exceeds All Expectations" by direct managers and executives (Top 1% of company receives this rating). * In charge of managing, maintaining, and supporting risk analytics for 4 brands of companies 5 major business lines. * Performed descriptive statistics and executed analytical projects worth over $500,000 / yr. in loan loss savings. * Drove new initiatives and managed relationships as the sole risk contact for vendor testing and integration. * Drove cross functional projects to support new data integration and drive cross functional synergies. * Responsible for managing and teaching 1 direct report.

• Business Analytics - Analyst

  • Jul 2009 - Jul 2010

  * Managed and executed fraud and risk analytics for 2 P&L. * Leveraged strong technical and interpersonal skills to drive automation of risk mitigating processes valued at $600,000 / yr. in loan loss savings.



Enova International

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategy and Operations Intern

  • May 2008 - Aug 2008

  * Coordinated and implemented a knowledge management system to over three hundred call center employees. * Developed and transitioned an employee management and examination tool. * Utilized creative, analytical, and database (SQL) skills to improve core business processes * Managed multiple projects simultaneously including assisting expanding business into a new state, and managing / hiring an attorney network.