Nitra

• On the ELT and reporting to Founder & CEO (3rd employee), lead a team responsible for all business development efforts of seed stage B2B healthcare focused fintech, including bank, marketplace, merchant, lending, product, and channel partnerships
• Established card product P&L and go to market value prop, resulting in customer acquisition, optimized economics, cost of rewards structure, and redemption activities by first cohort of customers
• Evaluated and negotiated vendor agreements, and revised approach on forward looking vendor partners (Codat, Check, Dwolla, Lithic, Marqeta, Rutter, Stripe, TravelBank, Visa, etc.)
• Sourced and negotiated strategic commercial agreements, resulting in 40+ partnerships, including Indeed, Visa and Walmart
• Own strategy, product, launch, and P&L of Nitra’s Marketplace and shorter duration lending products (inventory financing), resulting in ~X 3rd party vendors / distributors, $X in GMV, and ~$X in loans

Backed with $61M from Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Jerry Yang, Pantera, Soma Capital, Dreamers VC, Expa, CoVenture, and more.

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & GM, Marketplace

Citi

• As part of a newly created group, led a team focused on enterprise partnerships, business development, and growth strategy for Citi's Consumer Bank across its US business segments and product offerings
• Led and managed Citi's global enterprise consumer relationship with Apple, inclusive of digital provisioning and issuance within Apple Pay, resulting in $XM investment in Citi’s core digital wallet capabilities and Custom Cash Card placements in Apple Pay advertising at POS across Whole Foods, Albertsons, and other national grocery chains
• In partnership with product, implementation, legal, and risk and compliance functions, led a team in establishing a standardized and scalable playbook, as well as data principles, for the Bank to adhere to when executing new partnership opportunities

Senior Vice President, Consumer Bank Business Development & Partnerships

American Express

• Managed Amex's strategic investment in and commercial relationship with American Express Global Business Travel (GBT), the world's largest travel management company ($25B+), which operated as a JV between Amex and a consortium of PE investors, including Qatar Investment Authority, BlackRock and Macquarie Capital, prior to its IPO in May of 2022 (NYSE: GBTG)
• In conjunction with Corporate Development teams at Amex and Amex GBT, led investor deal diligence, evaluation, strategy and coordination for the acquisitions of Ovation Travel Group and Egencia
• Supported equity and debt capital raises totaling ~$XB to facilitate the organization's requirements for meeting opex and cashflow commitments through the COVID pandemic
• Synthesized and communicated updates for Amex's GBT board members, also on Amex’s Executive Committee, resulting in informed decision making at board meetings and across the Risk & Compliance, M&A, Comp, and Audit & Finance Committees

Director, Enterprise Strategic Partnerships

• Acted as a Business Unit leader that sponsored and supported the diligence and signing of the equity recapitalization of the Amex Global Business Travel JV, resulting in signing Carlyle and GIC on as investors with an Enterprise Valuation of $5B
• Led and supported deal negotiations for the travel portion of the Delta Cobrand Program renewal, resulting in a 4 year $XXXM partnership renewal between Delta, Amex, and GBT as part of a broader 11-year term
• Evaluated utilization and viability of Amex's consumer travel representative and franchise network, resulting in the decision to withdraw from the business and operational model

Director, Enterprise Travel Strategy & Joint Venture Partner Management

• Responsible for leading and supporting the identification, negotiation, and development of strategic co-brand and lending partnerships for Amex's Global Consumer Services Group; select partners included Apple, Hilton, Marriott, Uber, and Walmart
• Led and coordinated enterprise response of RFP for Marriott Cobrand renewal post Marriott's acquisition of Starwood Preferred Guest, resulting in the renewal and repositioning of Marriott's revised Bonvoy Cobrand program

Senior Manager, Consumer Lending & Cobrand Partnerships

Relovate

Reported to cofounders of consumer online travel startup, identifying,evaluating, and developing growth strategies, taking the company from pre-launch to approximately $1M in GBV. Additionally led projects to operationalize content, product, and servicing platforms.

Business Operations & Strategy

Target

Managed P&L for $230M omni-channel Mobile Accessories business; responsible for category strategy, assortment, in store and digital merchandising, promotions, pricing, and vendor relationships.

Senior Buyer

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Merchandising Strategy

New Balance

Evaluated existing stores marketing strategy and developed a 360 marketing campaign to optimize ROI and growth amongst millennial customers.

Marketing Strategy

AVYA Skincare

Reporting to founders, led and supported the launch of a DTC e-commerce skincare startup, establishing personnel, manufacturing, branding, distribution, and pricing strategies.

Institutional sales coverage on short-term investment and liquidity products.

Associate, Corporate & Investment Banking

Coverage on institutional clients across the Tech, Media, & Telecom and Consumer & Healthcare sectors. Select clients included Apple, Cisco, Dell, Disney, eBay, Electronic Arts, Eli Lilly, Google, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Toyota, et al.

Analyst, Corporate & Investment Banking

Head of Strategic Partnerships at Nitra

As a general manager, with experience ranging across venture backed seed stage startups to Fortune 50 companies focused on retail, travel, healthcare, B2B / consumer payments, lending, fintech, and commerce, I have a strong passion for building businesses and delivering experiences that impact the way customers engage with the brands, products, and services they love.

While my focus has largely been on commercialization and GTM, key areas of role responsibilities and expertise have spanned strategic finance, growth strategy, P&L management, credit risk / underwriting, M&A, strategic partnerships, loyalty / retention marketing, customer acquisition, and corporate & business development.

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