I’m a hard-working, detail-oriented product leader with 20+ years of experience in enterprise mobile software and financial services.
Experience
2022 — Now
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Responsibilities
* Lead the buyer-facing experience for invoice payments, focusing on usability, trust, and conversion
* Define and prioritize roadmap feature supporting PayPal, debit/credit cards, Pay Later, Apple Pay, Venmo, and ACH
* Collaborate with engineering, design, research, risk, compliance, and legal to deliver secure, user-friendly solutions
* Leverage data, customer feedback, and experimentation to improve engagement and increase payment completion
* Support broader initiatives across international expansion, regulatory compliance, and platform modernization
Project Achievements
* Modernized Invoicing Checkout: Migrated to PayPal's new payment stack to unlock more payment options, shifting Invoicing from a closed-loop solution to an open, flexible checkout experience
* ACH Payments: Led buyer experience strategy and authored requirements to support ACH with a 1% fee-targeting high-value B2B invoice payments and increasing customer retention
* Full UI Redesign: Delivered a refreshed end-to-end buyer journey from email notifications and reminders to payer view, checkout and receipts. Resulting in increased click-through, completion rates, and customer satisfaction
2019 — 2022
2019 — 2022
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Led engineering teams (30+ engineers) delivering SMB Value-Added Services and platform capabilities to drive business growth and operational scale.
Key Highlights:
* Built and led two new teams to take over and enhance the existing Business Debit Mastercard product and to launch the new Value-Added Services product group
* Scaled Business Debit Mastercard into five new countries, increasing total payment volume (TPV) and expanded PayPal's international presence
* Took ownership of PayPal's Shipping & Tracking product, driving roadmap definition, execution, and team alignment
* Spearheaded the migration of the Paydiant platform to AWS, resulting in improved infrastructure scalability and significant cost savings
* Led an agile transformation, improving team velocity, delivery predictability, and cross-functional collaboration
* Fostered strong partnerships with product, design, and infrastructure teams to accelerate delivery and improve platform reliability
2015 — 2019
2015 — 2019
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Led enterprise client implementations and backend integration efforts for Paydiant’s white-label mobile wallet platform, supporting some of the world’s largest retailers.
Key Highlights
* Led full-cycle implementations for major clients including Walmart, Sears, ExxonMobil, Shell, and Phillips 66, integrating mobile payments, loyalty, and promotional systems
* Partnered with C-level stakeholders to align on strategic goals, delivery timelines, and product priorities
* Owned requirements and delivery for 35+ backend connectors across payment gateways, loyalty programs, and fuel systems
* Managed distributed contractor teams, scaling delivery capacity and improving operational throughput
* Provided UI/UX guidance to enhance mobile wallet usability and drive customer adoption
* Collaborated closely with engineering, product, and QA to ensure end-to-end delivery success across highly regulated and performance-critical systems
2014 — 2015
2014 — 2015
Wellesley, MA
2010 — 2014
2010 — 2014
Waltham, MA
Education
University of Iowa
1995 — 2000