Professional Experience

15+ years of product leadership across fintech unicorns, AI startups, and global SaaS platforms.

Head of Product

Rogo Technologies

AI for Wall Street's investment banking teams

2025

• Recruited to bring product leadership to a 30-person AI startup delivering capabilities to prestigious investment banking teams

• Shipped mobile prototype, restructured roadmap process, and introduced customer feedback loops and product analytics infrastructure

• Refocused product direction around scalable onboarding, search, and self-service surfaces, enabling shift from custom integrations to repeatable, high-velocity workflows

AI Strategy Financial Services Product Analytics Mobile Development

Director of Product Management

Ramp Business Corporation

Fast Company's #1 Most Innovative Company in North America

2021–2025

Director of Product Management (2024-2025): Managed product team responsible for accountants' experience and bill pay product ($1B+ in TPV), along with partnerships and channel products, product platform with emphasis on core Ramp objects, integrations, and API

Group Product Manager (2021-2024): Joined to focus on accountants' experience. Given increasing scope as demonstrated ability to manage projects of increasing complexity and importance, while developing others' skills and driving organizational impact

Fintech $1B+ TPV B2B Payments API Platform

General Manager – Product

Xero Inc (US)

Publicly listed global cloud accounting software provider

2016–2021

General Manager (2019-2021): Recruited and directed targeted team of 15+ product leads, engineers, designers and support staff for proprietary B2B document exchange solution, with product in-market within 9 months

VP Product – New Markets (2016-2018): Researched regulatory requirements in 14 markets for Xero suitability. Testified to 2018 House Committee on Government Oversight & Reform on removing $1.4B in compliance costs from Australian economy

• Sourced and managed product due diligence for $17.5M USD acquisition providing strategic vertical integration

Team Leadership M&A Due Diligence Global Expansion Government Relations

VP Banking Integration → Product Manager

Xero Ltd (Wellington, NZ)

$20B market cap accounting software provider (ASX:XRO)

2009–2016

Global Head/VP Banking Integration (2015-2016): Liaised with EGM/SVP level banking professionals at 12+ AU, NZ, UK financial institutions. Designed 'Financial Web' strategy embraced by senior leadership and executed globally since 2012

Product Manager (2014-2015): Established relationships with 12+ financial institutions across 4 countries for deep platform integration. Implemented automation saving $10M+ annually

Business Analyst/PM (2009-2014): Rebuilt mobile team, relaunched flagship mobile product across iOS and Android within 9 months. Built core banking data infrastructure with 30+ financial institutions

Banking Partnerships Mobile Product Process Automation Data Infrastructure

Business Analyst / Developer

Shift Ltd

Boutique web agency for corporate and government clients

2006–2009

• Liaised with 12+ clients as representative of small web design agency to elicit customer requirements

• Collaborated with designers within agreed budgets to deliver technology solutions with budgets of $1M-$2M

• Won 3 awards, including international Webby award for www.newzealand.com

Web Development Client Relations Award Winner Government Projects

Education & Credentials

Columbia Business School

MBA, Executive Program

Dean's List, Dean's Honors with Distinction (top 5% of graduating class)

Victoria University of Wellington

MA, Creative Writing

Advanced studies in writing and communication

Auckland University of Technology

BAppSci, Software Development

Foundation in software engineering and development

University of Auckland

BA, English Literature

Communication and analytical thinking foundation

Leadership & Recognition

IRS Advisory Committee

Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC)

2019–2021 | Appointed by IRS and US Treasury to represent Financial Services industry

Data Coalition

Director, Board of Directors

2018–2021 | Budget oversight, leadership recruitment, Standard Business Reporting advocacy

Federal Reserve Bank

Business Payments Coalition Representative

2018–2021 | Advised on structured business document formats and exchange methods

OASIS Standards

Technical Committee Representative

2018–2021 | Universal Business Language and Business Document Exchange evolution

Patents Holder

3 US Patents in Banking Technology

Bank transfer systems, cloud reconciliation, access control & system integration

Congressional Testimony

House Committee on Government Oversight

2018 | "Benefits of Deregulatory Agenda" - $1.4B compliance cost reduction impact