Senior Product & Operations Leader with 20+ years in tech and 10+ years driving product innovation, tooling, and content systems.
Experience
2025 — Now
Lead a high-performing servicing organization supporting PayPal and its subsidiaries' product teams in delivering secure, scalable system notifications. Drive operational efficiency, streamline workflows, and foster cross-functional collaboration to enable product and developer productivity through strategic initiatives and innovative solutions.
2022 — 2025
San Jose, California, United States
Lead a high-performing servicing organization supporting PayPal and its subsidiaries' product teams in delivering secure, scalable system notifications and globally compliant product content. Drive operational efficiency, streamline workflows, and foster cross-functional collaboration to enable product and developer productivity through strategic initiatives and innovative solutions.
• Operational Efficiency Improvements: Reduced ticket processing times by 20% by introducing automation tools, standardizing processes, and implementing robust documentation that enhanced workflow efficiency and team productivity.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Facilitated regular coordination among engineering, localization, and product teams to enhance transparency, foster collaboration, and resolve challenges swiftly, aligning teams with broader business objectives.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Dedicated time to advising product teams on workflow optimization and best practices, achieving measurable gains in alignment, efficiency, and execution across strategic initiatives.
• Content Management Innovation: Streamlined and decoupled content management processes from technical dependencies, enabling faster localization, reducing developer workloads, and improving overall system scalability.
• Strategic Partnerships: Partnered with legal, compliance, and product teams to deliver high-quality, globally compliant content solutions tailored to diverse market needs, ensuring alignment with regulatory and business requirements.
• Continuous Improvement Culture: Cultivated a culture of innovation and excellence by establishing feedback loops, encouraging cross-team knowledge sharing, and driving the adoption of new technologies and methodologies to improve outcomes.
2012 — 2021
2012 — 2021
San Francisco Bay Area
Led consumer-facing product enhancements to elevate the international online money transfer experience for Xoom, a PayPal service. Designed and implemented features to improve usability, accessibility, and customer satisfaction, driving adoption and retention. Collaborated with leadership, marketing, legal and compliance, UX and visual designers, and developers to deliver innovative solutions, leveraging agile methodologies to ensure efficient execution and timely delivery.
• Strategic Campaign Development: Partnered with marketing teams to design and execute integrated campaigns that effectively showcased Xoom’s innovative services, significantly increasing customer engagement and driving user acquisition.
• Content Management Optimization: Revolutionized content management processes and aided in implementing a CMS system (Contentful) thereby reducing developer workload, and accelerating global translations to improve scalability and operational efficiency.
• High-Impact Team Leadership: Led and inspired a high-performing team of content and program managers, fostering collaboration and ensuring the successful delivery of complex, multi-phase projects.
• Product Strategy & Stakeholder Alignment: Defined and championed product roadmaps, effectively communicating strategic objectives to executive leadership and stakeholders, ensuring alignment and streamlined execution.
• Regulatory Compliance Excellence: Maintained strict adherence to global regulatory standards, mitigating risks while delivering high-quality, compliant product initiatives tailored to diverse market requirements.
• Mentorship & Team Empowerment: Mentored and developed team members, promoting a culture of growth, innovation, and continuous improvement, leading to enhanced team performance and increased operational impact.
2010 — 2012
2010 — 2012
San Francisco Bay Area
Directed content creation and management for the CafePress.com website, ensuring promotional designs and implementations adhered to advertising regulations and intellectual property standards. Led a cross-functional team comprising web production, creative development, and promotions to deliver cohesive campaigns that elevated user engagement and brand consistency.
• Strategic Holiday Campaign Leadership: Spearheaded Q4 holiday objectives, driving top-line growth by aligning marketing and merchandising strategies with seamless operations across shipping and manufacturing teams.
• Customer Engagement Optimization: Focused on maximizing customer funnel engagement and achieving key user experience metrics, contributing to significant improvements in retail performance and customer satisfaction.
Education
Sierra College
Psychology
2015 — 2018
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Center for Executive Education
2015 — 2015
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Center for Executive Education
2014 — 2014