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Toronto, Ontario, Canada --:--:--

George is a Product Manager and Product Owner with 10 years of experience delivering a variety of software products in FinTech (credit, lending, wealth management), travel rewards, eCommerce, and more. He is well-versed in running multiple concurrent cross-functional Agile product teams. His most recent project utilized his skills in risk modeling, digital transformations, product vision, product roadmaps, and analytics using Agile spring planning sessions, story mapping, and product refinement. He is an adept collaborator with various stakeholders to ensure alignment for new product features.

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Product Management

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Work Experience : 2019 - 2020

Digital Transformation of Credit Structuring and Credit Adjudication platform used by 100s of Credit Writers and Adjudicators.  Developing a Model Builder, a New Credit Risk Modeling Platform used by Model Quants in the bank to build and publish credit risk models.

  • Defined, communicated, and executed product vision, strategy, and product roadmaps.
  • Utilized inputs from user research, usability studies, product analytics, etc. to make data-informed decisions.
  • Partnered and collaborated with various stakeholders and ensured alignment and buy-in for new product features.
  • Led effective story mapping, product refinement, and agile sprint planning sessions and prioritized epics, features, and user stories.
  • Defined, tracked, and reported on product metrics, OKRs, and key value drivers
  • Continuous product discovery, product backlog grooming and solving problems, and removing impediments at every step in a proactive manner.
  • Delivered high-impact demos to stakeholders and evangelized the product among VPs/Senior Directors of various LOBs.

 

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Work Experience : 2018-2019

Brought a new mobile app to market that serves the needs of short-term travel customers – customer loyalty, short-term stay bookings, and eCommerce store.

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TD Bank

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Work Experience : 2014-2018

Worked on the TD Expedia Rewards program (500k+ users) developing the rewards redemption on travel and merchandise.  Also worked on the TD MySpend mobile app (scaled to 100,000+ users) developing the MVP customer sign-on and onboarding and product analytics.

  • Planned product roadmaps, prioritized features, and user stories, and constantly evaluate product-market fit and differentiated value proposition.
  • Utilized product analytics to make data-informed decisions using quantitative and qualitative methods.
  • Led and facilitated scrum events such as product refinement sessions, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, product demos, retrospectives
  • Identified, managed, and removed impediments, risks, and blockers.

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Work Experience : 2005-2014
  • Senior BA / Product Owner at Bank of Montreal (BMO) (2010-2014)
  • Business Analyst at Travelers Insurance Canada (2005-2010)

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