SUMMARY

You could say I've been doing this for awhile

With over a decade of expertise in Digital Product Management, I've had the privilege of designing experiences that excite diverse audiences. My journey has been fueled by a passion for creating impactful solutions that empower and delight people from all walks of life.
See my career journey below, or feel free to download my full resume in PDF format.

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EXPERIENCE

Career Journey

Digital Product Manager
October 2020 - Present
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Remote

About
I own all KPIs and metrics in the P&C Digital Claims space, researching and synthesizing data to uncover customer needs and market trends. Collaborating with Engineers, Marketing, Design and key Stakeholders, I develop strategic roadmaps, implement enhancements, and monitor results—continuously optimizing for success.

  • Big Wins
  • Increased the rate of positive customer sentiment to 4.6 out of 5, and reduced digital abandonment by 11%
  • Led the redesign of the Digital Auto Claim Submission experience, which resulted in a 36% increase in auto claims submissions MoM
  • Skills
  • Splunk
  • Strategic Road mapping
  • Protoyping
  • Wireframing
  • Data Analysis
  • Market Research
  • Behavoiral Research
Mobile App Product Owner
March 2019 - October 2020
Discover Financial Services
Chicago, IL

About
Defined and refined requirements, collaborated cross-functionally with legal, design, and initiative owners, and managed a prioritized backlog across sprints to ensure seamless delivery. By leveraging data analysis and Test/Control strategies, I identified and closed critical experience gaps, driving enhanced customer engagement.

  • Big Wins
  • Led installation of Bottom Navigation, which improved conversation rate to key features by ~11%
  • Implemented new Rewards page to track spend, and enroll in Cash Back Bonus Rewards
  • Skills
  • Adobe Target
  • Story Mapping
  • Feature definement
  • Leadership
  • User-centric Design
  • User Research
  • User Acceptance Testing
Digital Project Manager - User Experience
Sep 2017 - March 2019
Discover Financial Services
Chicago, IL

About
I exercised full autonomy in uncovering user data to identify UX opportunities, defining impactful features, and leading a team of engineers through successful implementation. Post-installation, I meticulously monitored results to ensure enhancements delivered meaningful value and aligned with user needs.

  • Big Wins
  • Executed overhaul of SMS, email, and Push alerts that resulted in 24% increase of enrollment, and cost savings of over 1MM
  • Improved website performance through UX enhancements, contributing to ranking #2 in the JDP website results
  • Skills
  • Adobe Target
  • Story Mapping
  • Feature definement
  • Leadership
  • User-centric Design
  • Design Systems
  • Competitive Insights
Product Owner - System Infrastructure and Design
Jan 2015-Sep 2017
Discover Financial Services
Chicago, IL

About
Faced with the challenge of creating digital self-service options for cardholders in financial difficulty, I conducted test-and-control experiments to uncover customer trends and preferences, reducing complaints while increasing chat availability. I successfully decommissioned the CMA vendor site, bringing the digital Collections portfolio in-house and supporting cost-savings initiatives.

  • Big Wins
  • Enhanced online collections contact strategy and increased interactions via new Click to Chat placements– 40% increase of balances moved
  • Developed strategy to include missions of charged-off accounts access to their account and increase payments via self-service
  • Skills
  • HTML
  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • Data infrastructre
Sr. Associate - Digital Operations and Experience
Feb 2014-Dec 2014
Discover Financial Services
Chicago, IL

About
Led scrum team to implement monthly system enhancements and compliance updates, optimizing tools for front-line agents to support customers effectively. Additionally, I  held mutliple team-level responsibilities such as running our monthly strategy meetings, acting ask release manager, and organizing documents in a newly-built sharepoint site.

  • Big Wins
  • Converted System Continuous Improvement process to Agile which improved implementation cycle time by 42%
  • Skills
  • SQL
  • Agile
  • User Experience
  • Behavoiral Research
  • Data infrastructre
Associate – Digital Center of Excellence
Feb 2012-Aug 2014
Discover Financial Services
Chicago, IL

About
Spearheaded efforts to enhance customer communication through a comprehensive redesign of Real-Time Alert notification campaigns across email, text, and push channels. Built advanced reporting and customer-level data, enabled seamless Single Sign-On experiences for multi-card and bank users. Additionally, I strengthened online security infrastructure with enhanced fraud alerts and digital safeguards.

  • Big Wins
  • Developed new Real-Time Alerts, sending over 120k notifications weekly.
  • Skills
  • Digital User Experiencce
  • Agile
  • Scrum
EDUCATION

Education & Certificates

Certified Product Owner
Feb 2025
Scrum Alliance
Bachelor of Art, Business Administration
2013 - 2017
Robert Morriss University of Chicago
Google UX Design Professional Certificate
Google Career Certificates
Mar 2025