Allan Fried

A highly organized, resourceful and focused product manager with over 15 years’ experience in financial services software. Bringing a unique blend of technical acumen and business savvy while embracing the fast-paced fintech digital disruption and alternative data sea change with an entrepreneurial spirit. Provides strategic product direction to the organization. Manages the product/solutions life cycles with the goal to optimize profit, exceeding client expectations, and corporate growth objectives. Assess market requirements and competitive intelligence; develops recommendations for technical product direction and may establish pricing plans for strategies. Being a product evangelist, respected in the industry among peers, and a strategist for innovation. WHO: Product Strategy, Leadership, Mentor, Drives Vision and Purpose, Empathy, Integrity, Strong Analytical Ability, Pragmatic Marketing, Intellectually Creative, Business Development, Product Evangelist, Sales and Marketing, Organizational Savvy, Situational Adaptability, Problem Solving, WHAT: AGILE and Scrum Development Methodology, Product Owner, U/X Design, Release Management and Product Launch, Client Relationship Management, Industry and Competitive Research (SWOT), Vendor Management, Presentation Skills, Multitasking in fast paced environments, SaaS, Roadmap Ownership, GAP Analysis, JIRA, Balsamiq, Project Management, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), API Experience, Collaboration with cross-functional teams, Training and User Documentation, User and Buyer Personas, conducting product demos, RFP and RFI responses, P&L, and Building a Knowledgebase WHERE: Privacy and GDPR, Fraud Prevention, Payments, Mobile, Digital, Consumer Lending, Real Estate Secured Lending, Auto Lending, Compliance SME, B2B and B2C products, Analytics, BI, AI, Machine Learning, FinTech, RegTech, Alternative Data, Credit Reporting and Metro II SME, Data Hub, QA