Company Info for nxtblln.com | IcebreakerMembers
Rich Bowen is a seasoned tech executive with 15+ years of leadership across Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and Instacart. He brings deep operational and strategic expertise to early-stage startups as an advisor, investor, mentor, board member, and visiting lecturer. With a career spanning Fortune 100 tech, hypergrowth startups, and academia, Rich blends real-world execution with systems thinking. He holds a first-class honours BA in Business Administration, Management & Operations and is a doctorate candidate. He was also nominated to attend Stanford University's Executive Education Program on the evolving role of the Chief Operating Officer. 
In the past +8 years I've been working in FinTech companies targeting working families, small businesses, and mid-low income individuals, in emerging segments in Latin America and Africa, and now in the US.
Coming from a middle class family in Peru who had to live paycheck by paycheck, I understand the financial struggles working families face and the importance of building accessible and affordable financial solutions that help them achieve financial health.
In FinTech, I'm specialized in product management, product strategy and business growth strategy. Formerly, I did 5 years of Management Consulting and 2 years of Operations Management.
I'm also part of Next Billion Advisors, a group of Silicon Valley professionals providing advisory to entrepreneurs who are building tech solutions in emerging markets, and I'm an Executive Partner of Accion Emprendedora Peru, a non-profit organization that provides advisory and business classes to low-income entrepreneurs in Peru. 
