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Work Experience

• Chief Technology Officer (formerly Chief Product Officer), Savana Inc.

  Jan, 2023 - Present

  Owns the product and technology agenda end-to-end across a multi-core banking orchestration platform; accountable for engineering, architecture, UX, product design, and QA.

  • Aligned roadmap, engineering execution, and client outcomes with a portfolio operating model and OKRs.

  • Scaled the platform from banker-only to include Customer Experience and Branch Assisted Channels, expanding addressable market and revenue mix.

  • Architected a flexible orchestration engine supporting Finxact, Premier, DNA, and Signature to reduce core dependency risk and accelerate delivery.

  • Instituted modern SDLC practices and reliability engineering to improve quality and deployment predictability.

  • Integrated FDX-aligned canonical data models and strengthened compliance posture against ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 controls.

• Chief Engineer, GloriFi

  Feb, 2022 - Dec, 202210 months

  Built and led a global engineering organization delivering consumer financial services at scale.

  • Directed 50+ engineers in an onshore/offshore model across banking, brokerage, insurance, and mortgage products.

  • Designed cloud-native architecture leveraging Azure and Cosmos DB with personalized recommendation engines.

  • Applied behavioral economics to increase engagement via a personalized newsfeed and targeted insights.

  • Integrated 50+ vendors through a custom API gateway to streamline interoperability and speed partner onboarding.

  • Mobile app reached the Apple App Store Top Financial Apps list.

• Managing Principal, Capco

  Apr, 2016 - Feb, 20225 years 10 months

  P&L and delivery leadership across consulting and engineering; modernized client platforms in regulated environments.

  • Led a $125M integration program spanning 50+ applications with executive steering and cross-functional governance.

  • Designed and implemented policy-based access control aligned to ISO 27001 to improve data protection and auditability.

  • Generated $40M in new business and managed $28M annual revenue across a diversified portfolio.

  • Mentored 70+ consultants and engineers to scale delivery quality and career growth.

• Project Management, Professional, Freddie Mac

  May, 2014 - Apr, 20161 year 11 months

  Delivered transformation initiatives in Multifamily with a dual remit across project management and software engineering.

  • Cut delivery timelines by creating reusable frameworks and a repeatable execution model.

  • Delivered $10M+ in projects with improved predictability and stakeholder satisfaction.

  • Directed build-out of the Multifamily Origination and Underwriting System to improve accuracy and throughput.

  • Stood up a Rapid Execution Delivery team to attack urgent priorities and reduce backlog risk.

Projects Experience

• Emily's Marathon Estimator

  - Present

  Data-driven running analytics platform that evolved from a personal pacing tool into a full-stack AI application for the broader community.

  • End-to-end race analytics and spectator planning with route visualization, pacing simulation, and Google Maps export.

  • AI route analysis using a local LLM to evaluate elevation impact and predicted difficulty.

  • Predictive models benchmarked on 1.5M+ marathon results across 70+ races.

  • Deployed on Firebase with realtime services via Supabase; built in Flutter for cross-platform coverage.

  • https://emilysrunningapp.com

• Select Consulting Projects

  - Present

  Representative delivery and leadership roles across large-scale financial services transformations.

  • Technical Program Manager (Fortune 100 FI): Led technical integration of a multi-year $125M program impacting 50+ applications; ran cross-functional governance and sequenced change to protect customers and operations.

  • Infrastructure Program Manager (Fortune 50 FI): Directed 100+ infrastructure engineers delivering a virtualized environment for a $50M transformation over 12 months with clear milestones and risk controls.

  • Technology Lead (Digital Financial Institution): Defined core capabilities for Banking, Mortgage, and Insurance; led global delivery across the U.S., Eastern Europe, and India to launch the initial platform.

  • Product Manager (Top US Mortgage Provider): Modernized IAM from RBAC to PBAC to improve least-privilege enforcement and audit readiness.

  • Product & Development Manager (Fortune 100 FI): Redesigned counterparty/user provisioning; led process change and technical implementation to accelerate onboarding and reduce access risk.

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