Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
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Investments
Work Experience
2022
MD Fintech Partnerships, Commercial Banking
2022
Yep. Let's go.
2020 - 2022
Operating Partner, PayPal Ventures
2020 - 2022
Collaborate with a team of investors in SF, London & Singapore to invest on behalf of PayPal Ventures (second fund - $500MM). Investments surround global fintech, crypto / blockchain / DeFi, commerce enablement and infrastructure. Advise and assist portfolio companies on GTM, partnerships/BD, marketing, enterprise sales and growth Board Observer: TRM Labs, Arkose Labs, Carro
2016 - 2020
GM / SVP Innovation
2016 - 2020
GM – Identity Management Platform – Built and launched an enterprise identity management platform which delivered best in class digital new account open rates (KYC & risk management) for individuals and small businesses. Platform leveraged fintech partnerships, external data sources and internal data sources / models. Led a matrix organization of over 70 team members. Integrated across deposits, credit, mortgage & heloc GM – Greenhouse, by Wells Fargo: General Manager for the development and launch of a new mobile bank. Led a matrix organization of over 250 team members across product, strategy, design, development, support and marketing/GTM. P&L owner and accountable for $40M annual budget. Extensive storytelling to $WFC investor community and media outlets to drive narrative for Wells Fargo, the Greenhouse app and ecosystem messaging surrounding Fintech For Good
2015 - 2017
Founder, CEO
2015 - 2017
Founded a company to introduce an entirely new category of gifts to the $100B gift market. SparkGift was a micro-investing platform that made it easy, fun and affordable to give and receive investment gifts. We supported fractional shares, standard brokerage and UGTMA accounts: - Pitched to Sam Altman and was accepted into Y Combinator - Winter 2015 - Built a team of engineers & product managers. Together we launched www.sparkgift.com in March 2015 with an RIA license using Folio brokerage APIs. We supported gifting, account open (KYC), account status and trading. - Led all aspects of Marketing – DTC Brand, digital marketing, messaging, attribution, differentiated story-telling, PR - Presented at Money 20/20 LaunchPad 360 - Featured in Forbes, Kiplinger, Money, Today, NPR, Huffington Post, Chicago Sun Times, Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, The Week, Motley Fool, Real Simple magazine and various podcasts, blogs & industry publications - Selected by Innotribe/SWIFT as a "Power Woman in Fintech" featured in their white paper 6/4/15
2011 - 2015
Head of Partnership Management, Payments & Commerce
2011 - 2015
Built strategic partnerships with large merchants and payment service providers to bring new products to market. Business lead for product strategy and GTM for emerging products: - Launched Google Wallet in store NFC payments – October 2011 - Launched Save To Wallet API for digital coupons in mobile ads at Google I/O June 2012 - Launched Google Promotions – Offers in Google Shopping, Google Maps & Google Offers App 2012 - Launched Google Wallet Instant Buy – 2 tap checkout for mobile at Google I/O May 2013 - Launched barcode loyalty in-store redemption for Google Wallet app – Oct 2013 Partner & Developer ecosystem – Managed the partnerships team in scaling Buy With Google / Google Pay in mobile with large merchants – Uber, Airbnb, Wish, Domino’s, Lyft, HotelTonight, Walgreens. Builder of scaled rollout and developer center https://developers.google.com/pay/ - Senior level operator – Managed the success of the partner platform, including; onboarding, marketing, technical, budget and growth targets - Extensive mobile conversion analysis and ROI modeling to drive white papers, distribution & partnerships
2007 - 2011
Senior Director, Debit Product & Partner Marketing
2007 - 2011
Driver of growth for Visa’s largest US debit card issuers. Harnessed extensive Visa data to identify payment trends and opportunities. Used data and benchmarking to develop joint strategic marketing plans with top 10 US debit card issuers: - Developed regional & national campaigns across digital, print, media and branch - Extensive campaign ROI analytics, interchange modeling, and performance reporting - Head of consumer debit analytics – Opportunity segment development and performance measurement - Supported the account teams in re-signing 5-7 year contracts with the largest debit issuers and helping account teams sign or “flip” new card issuers
2004 - 2007
Corporate Counsel
2004 - 2007
Legal counsel for large product and marketing deals, including; software application and development, marketing, advertising and professional services. Led the negotiation of strategic legal defense outsourcing agreements with spend value in excess of $150 million; producing significant company savings and enhanced customer service.
2000 - 2003
Director, Retail Partner Development
2000 - 2003
Built & managed the team responsible for delivering the retailers and service providers to the commerce platform built for the State of North Carolina and California - Designed the entire retail adoption program, including; tools, templates, processes, databases and performance metrics - Onboarded over 25,000 retailers, 160 commodity contracts and 500,000 product SKUs to NC and CA
1998 - 2000
Senior Consultant
1998 - 2000
Senior consultant for investment banking & capital markets clients, including Goldman Sachs & Reuters