I'M
RYAN HERMAN.
GROWTH EXECUTIVE, OPERATOR, AND ADVISOR
Disrupting business models and powering market-shifting ideas by optimizing technologies, teams, operating practices, and customer experiences.
Helping visionaries of disruptive technologies develop products, commercialization strategies, and operating plans to enter and capitalize in the financial services, customer acquisition and enterprise BPO space.
01 PROFESSIONAL
HELPING TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS, SMALL FINANCE COMPANIES AND CUSTOMER ACQUISITION PLATFORMS COMMERCIALIZE EARLY-STAGE IDEAS.
BUILDING AND SCALING 3 SELF-FUNDED, AWARD-WINNING COMPANIES FROM NASCENT IDEA TO FULLY FUNCTIONING SALES AND FULFILLMENT ENGINES INCLUDING AN EXIT TO HSBC
DEVELOPING 2 PIONEERING FINTECH LENDING TECHNOLOGIES TO TRANSFORM TOP-OF-FUNNEL COMMERCE AND ROI, AND 12 BACK-OF-HOUSE TECHNOLOGIES TO OPTIMIZE PEOPLE, CAPITAL, TIME, AND EFFICIENCY
MANAGING P&L's UP TO $83M+ AND BUILDING TEAMS OF UP TO 10 EXECUTIVES AND WORKFORCES OF UP TO 320 PEOPLE ACROSS MULTIPLE SALES-FOCUSED CONTACT / CALL CENTERS
MENTORING 30+ SENIOR PROFESSIONALS - 22 GROWING INTO SVP AND VP ROLES IN NOTABLE TECHNOLOGY, FINTECH, AND FINTECH LENDING COMPANIES
LEVERAGING 30+ TECHNOLOGIES TO INNOVATE AND AUTOMATE FRONT - AND BACK - OF-HOUSE WORKFLOWS
ENGAGED TO PARTNER WITH MANAGING PARTNER OF TOP 3 PE FIRM ($50B+ AUM) TO EXPLORE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEAR - AND OFF-SHORE START-UP CONCEPTS AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
02 PROJECTS
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03 Experience
2019-PRESENT
FINTECH DEAL SOURCING FOR PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM
IDENTIFIED UNTAPPED OUTSOURCED DEAL-SOURCING MARKET FOR PE FIRM ACQUISITION EXPLORATION AS PART OF NEWLY LAUNCHED $100M - $300M BUSINESSES
2018-PRESENT
CONSUMER-LENDER FINTECH MATCHING HUB
CREATED CONSUMER-LENDER LOAN VALIDATION TECHNOLOGY PRIORITIZING SPEED AND CONFIDENTIALITY IN THE PREQUALIFICATION PROCESS
2020-PRESENT
VENTURE-FUNDED PREDICTIVE VOICE ANALYTICS COMPANY
TAPPED TO ADVISE ISRAELI CORP AND THE AMERICAS CEO (START-UP TEAM) ON COMMERICALIZING COMPANY'S PIONEERING MACHINE LEARNING BUSINESS IN ISRAEL, EUROPE, AND THE AMERICAS
2019-PRESENT
VENTURE-FUNDED START-UP IMPACT INVESTING CONCEPTUALIZING
ENGAGED TO PARTNER WITH FOUNDING BILLIONAIRE INVESTOR / MANAGING PARTNER OF TOP 3 PE FIRM ($50M+ AUM) TO EXPLORE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEAR AND OFF-SHORE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IN PUERTO RICO AND THE UNITED STATES
2014-2018
CONSUMER-DIRECT FINTECH LENDER
DEVELOPED AWARD-WINNING CONSUMER-DIRECT FINTECH LEVERAGING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES TO OPTIMIZE THE MORTGAGE AND LENDER-FULFILLMENT EXPERIENCE
1998-2008
CUSTOMER ACQUISITION / FINTECH LENDER
CONCEIVED AND BUILT ANALYTICS-POWERED CUSTOMER ACQUISITION / LOAN ORIGINATION EXPERIENCE THAT DISRUPTED TRADITIONAL LENDING BY REMOVING THE MIDDLE-MAN (BIG BANK) AND HELPED CREATE THE DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER INDUSTRY