
Experienced Founder, CEO, President, operator & Board member with a demonstrated history of success building new products, driving customer-centric growth and scaling data-driven businesses in regulated, global industries: Fintech, Lending, Payments, Deposits & Software, both Consumer & SMB. Consistently scaled businesses across multiple stages: from seeding & launching a start-up business & a start-up company to rapidly-expanding multi-billion-dollar existing businesses across large companies with complex organizations. Skilled in leveraging technology, data, advanced analytics & AI to transform products, go-to-market capabilities, customer experiences, operations & business models. Identification & rigorous, disciplined execution of top growth, customer delight and profitability levers, to drive deeper customer engagement, NPS, customer lifetime value, revenue growth & profit margin expansion.
fundingcircle.com
bluevine.com
lendingclub.com
wellsfargo.com
paypal.com
San Francisco, California, United States
Building something new
Stealth Startup
• www.linkedin.com/company/stealth-startup-community
Aug 2024 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Board Of Directors
Payliance
• www.linkedin.com/company/payliance
Feb 2020 - Present
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Board of Directors, Largest Owner/Former Co-Founder
Loan Science, LLC
• www.linkedin.com/company/loan-science-llc
Jan 2013 - Present
Austin, Texas
Board of Directors
Growers Edge
• www.linkedin.com/company/growersedge
Dec 2020 - Present
Johnston, Iowa, United States
CEO
Funding Circle US
• www.linkedin.com/company/funding-circle-usa
Jan 2023 - Aug 2024
San Francisco Bay Area
Chief Operating Officer
BlueVine
• www.linkedin.com/company/bluevine
Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
Redwood City, California, United States
Co-Founder, President & CEO
Loan Science
Dec 2008 - Dec 2012
Austin, Texas, United States
First Scholar
First Chicago (now JP Morgan Chase)
Jan 1994 - Dec 1997