Expert Details
Insurance Innovation
ID: 734201
Illinois, USA
Expert has led innovation teams in the insurance industry, focusing on numerous areas such as big data, IoT, deep learning, and more. While his primary focus was on innovating how companies priced and developed home insurance products, he did influence the development of auto products based on trends in the industry (i.e. autonomous vehicles, ride sharing, on-demand, etc.)
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2011 | Degree: Master of Business Administration | Subject: Marketing Strategy and Planning | Institution: DePaul University |
| Year: 2007 | Degree: Bachelors Degree | Subject: Finance (Pre-Med) | Institution: University of Illinois |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2017 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Senior Manager of Payment Services Innovation | Department: Payment Services |
Responsibilities:• Supporting multiple engagements as the overall engagement manager working with project managers to ensure successful delivery• Leading the team responsible for conceptualizing, developing, testing, and commercializing new technology, products, and services • Developing a holistic innovation roadmap that encompasses deliverables across multiple business product needs • Creating exploratory projects leveraging innovation and design capabilities to uncover unmet consumer needs • Establishing governance and control of payments innovation initiatives with inputs from key stakeholders within Discover Financial Services • Innovating in areas that include autonomous vehicles, AR/VR, and artificial intelligence |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2015 to 2017 | Employer: Allstate Insurance | Title: Product Strategy and Innovation Manager | Department: Innovation |
Responsibilities:• Designed, developed, and deployed prototypes and minimum viable products that helped customers better maintain and insure their home• Facilitated consumer and market research to identify needs and trends that impacted homeowners • Identified and solidified new partnerships with home services and IoT companies • In an agile environment, managed cross functional teams to develop performance requirements and product features for both the Home Team's digital experience and big data initiative • Represented stakeholders in planning meetings and product integration discussions • Created a national address-centric database by utilizing Allstate and various 3rd party data sources and led the corresponding data science to generate new risk and home sensor models • Managed the most recent national product offering, including the go-to-market strategy, communication to agents, and consumer marketing |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2013 to 2015 | Employer: Groupon | Title: Manager of Business Operations and Strategy | Department: Getaways |
Responsibilities:• Managed the processing of the channel’s $400M portfolio through inventory management, product development, and strict quality assurance• Enhanced the functionality of the company’s reservation tool through product development, marketing, training, and troubleshooting • Ensured the proper SEO of travel deals on the website, mobile application, email, and web searches • Extensively consulted with Sales and vendors to augment the hotels’ staffing and operations in preparation for being featured on the platform • Successfully streamlined deal production by making internal processes 20% more efficient and by closely working with Sales to enforce lean operations |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2012 to 2015 | Employer: Groupon | Title: Divisional Planning Manager | Department: Local Deals |
Responsibilities:• With a team of nineteen divisional strategists, utilized market specific pricing, product, and placement strategies that led to growth in the company’s product portfolio• Optimized a third of the US product portfolio to ensure financial targets were met • Worked with sales teams to establish market specific pricing, product, and placement strategies • Performed in-depth analyses of deals’ key performance drivers across the country • Integral member of the product development team that was responsible for implementing standard procedures and training for new products and platforms |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2011 to 2012 | Employer: Evraz | Title: Sales Cost Analyst | Department: Plate |
Responsibilities:• Assisted in the preparation of line-pipe bids for oil drilling and transportation projects• Maintained cost models and calculated production costs for the company’s most valued product • Routinely reported variances in the company’s sales performance to executive management • Constructed the division’s first comprehensive profitability model and routinely applied the outputs to develop customer, product, and plant specific strategies |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2009 to 2011 | Employer: ArcelorMittal | Title: Product Analyst | Department: Product Management |
Responsibilities:• Continuously developed and maintained sales strategies and forecasts for over 300 customer accounts• Prepared sales quotations for account management and provided consultation during negotiations • Led the initiative to reduce product carrying cost by 20% by liquidating $5.4 million of aged inventory |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to 2009 | Employer: ArcelorMittal | Title: Profit Analyst | Department: Product Management |
Responsibilities:• Consulted with management to establish optimal product and customer portfolios• Prepared weekly analyses of the company's costs, production yield loss, margins, and earnings • Collaborated with Account Management to enhance account profitability by formulating price matrices based on manufacturing processes, products, and logistics |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2008 | Employer: ArcelorMittal | Title: Sales and Marketing Development Program | Department: Sales |
Responsibilities:• Participated in a ten-month Account Management training program• Created account plans and contract proposals for new and small volume customers • Conducted sales calls with new customers and maintained accounts through customer service rotations |
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