Hybrid management and designer/builder. Leading a team of product designers, content designers and researchers designing and building consumer experiences for +$1.7 trillion dollar surfaces:

• Peer-to-peer payments, crypto, money pooling, international payments

• Wallets and payment methods, loyalty and rewards

• In-Store Payments: tap-to-pay (NFC), QR codes, and new in-store payment technologies

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I co-founded and built an AI-first subscription SaaS product designed to match brands, communities, events, and cultural organizations with opportunities to unlock audience growth, drive revenue, and spark impactful collaborations.

Brands often want to collaborate with other brands, communities, or organizations but struggle to identify the right partners, craft the right asks, or find the right contacts. Enter MTCHMKR, a SaaS solution for top brands, entrepreneurs, creators and non-profit organizations to find win-win opportunities to collaborate:

http://mtchmkr.io

(Role was eliminated as part of a reorg.)

Hands on design/management hybrid role. Led Checkout and Shop Pay, responsible for +$300B in online purchases.

Advanced the product offerings through forward-looking initiatives including agentic commerce (OpenAI partnership), B2B, international markets, and bleeding edge payment models including cryptocurrency (Coinbase partnership).

(Position was relocated to Arkansas.)

Hands on design work while scaling and leading a team of designers, design managers and user research on a transformational effort to unite, simplify and evolve best-in-class Enterprise products for the world’s biggest retailer.

Areas of responsibility:

• 0-1 Generative AI for Enterprise applications

• Buyer experience: product assortment, inventory, pricing (all departments, $500B+ revenue)

• Physical store retail strategy for 4,600+ stores

• eCommerce platform for Walmart’s consumer website and mobile shopping app

• Business strategy, consumer insights, trend forecasting

• Buyer/supplier touchpoints