Vice President of Product in financial technology | Driving automation and efficiency
View My WorkI'm a Vice President of Product currently working in technology at a major financial institution. I lead product strategy for Information Privilege Management systems serving over 30,000 global investment banking clients. My expertise lies in transforming complex operational challenges into streamlined, automated solutions that drive measurable business impact.
I specialize in leading cross-functional engineering teams, implementing agile methodologies, and building products that significantly reduce costs and improve efficiency. As a Certified Scrum Product Owner, I've successfully managed teams of up to 10 engineers while maintaining an obsessive focus on customer experience and stakeholder alignment.
My approach combines strategic product vision with hands-on execution, leveraging tools like SQL, Jira, Figma, and data analytics to make informed decisions that deliver real results.
As an avid backcountry skier trained to evaluate and travel in avalanche conditions and experienced canyoner, navigating slot canyons, technical descents, and flash flood danger, I quickly identify risks, develop mitigation strategies, and lead my team to safety and success in the face of literal life and death. Whether I am leading a team down a series of 600ft rappels, navigating avalanche danger, route finding desert bikepacking locations for access to water or leading engineering efforts for user migrations in a divestiture, I stay calm and focused under pressure, even when there is zero tolerance for failure.
Developed a specialized, real-time weather dashboard for Wasatch backcountry skiers that aggregates high-density mountain data into a single, mobile-optimized view.
Custom Data Pipeline: Engineered a serverless data architecture using scripting to build a custom lightweight database that polls and hosts data from disparate sources.
API Integration: Successfully integrated raw data from the NWS, MesoWest, University of Utah, and the Utah Avalanche Center.
User Impact: Provides a centralized platform for evaluating avalanche risk, road closures, and complex forecast metrics.
Managed product and front-end support for internal technology storefront processing 1.5M+ orders annually. Implemented workflow enhancements through SQL analysis, reducing support requests by 33%.
Operational Scale: Supporting a global user base of 30,000+, ensuring high availability and seamless entitlement management.
Data Strategy: Utilized SQL to identify friction points in the procurement process, leading to a redesigned UI that streamlined internal hardware/software acquisition.
Spearheaded automation of provisioning and entitlement management tasks, reducing global team workload by 40,000 tasks annually and cutting backlog by 44%. Led product team of 10 engineers.
Successfully led teams of 10 engineers, introduced Scrum methodologies, and developed management dashboards for performance tracking. Mentored junior talent across diverse global teams.
Partnered with the CEO of Prove Inc. to analyze stablecoin adoption barriers among millennial investors.
Gathered quantitative data from 300+ participants to identify high-ROI capital migration strategies.
Developed a C-suite growth framework emphasizing trust and security, and presented findings to leadership at a top Stablecoin firm.
I'm passionate about connecting with product leaders looking for strategic expertise in product servicing financial institutions and enterprise tech with a heavy emphasis on balancing user experience and regulatory requirements.