Patrick Easley-Manager
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Experience
Manager
United States Department of Commerce - US Census Bureau
- Managed a team of enumerators for the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Collected and compiled data from households, unhoused individuals, and care facilities.
- Reorganized office training and procedures throughout the COVID 19 pandemic.
Founder and Freelance Consultant
Operium Consulting Management
- Founded a financial tech centered consulting firm focusing on the intersection of regulatory communication compliance, fintech, People Operations, crypto, economic policy, and global trade.
- Consults with private firms, governmental organizations, individuals, and non-profits as an independent auditor on building independent road maps with a heavy focus on data management organizational development, growth, product, compliance and risk through a strong regulatory framework.
- Manages multiple freelance projects simultaneously meeting tight deadlines and exceeding client expectations.
- Helps companies with expansion in both the US and in international markets.
Travelers Sabbatical
- I solo traveled to over 30 countries and territories across five continents.
- Enjoyed the beauty of our planet and species.
- Mitigated intercultural communication perpetually.
Bitcoin Compliance Operations DRI
Block Inc.
- Assisted in kicking off the launch of the Cash App's cryptocurrency program in the winter of 2017 along with other relevant parties.
- Worked to ship MVP and create performance for multiple crypto related products.
- Developed an industry standard team of crypto specialists which included hiring, training, KPI monitoring, risk appetite, and workflow guidelines for industry leading cryptocurrency and transaction monitoring analysts.
- Developed, managed, and implemented consumer, regulatory, and P2P crypto policy for the Cash App.
- Mentored Squares on the growing role of cryptocurrency in fintech and helped sculpt a cypto-centric focus for both customer-facing and internal profit driven teams.
- Managed ever shifting deadlines with various Product, Sales, Engineering, and Customer-facing teams to ship product, policy and procedural updates for policy implementation for the Cash App's various BTC and P2P money transfer services services.
Compliance and Business Operations Associate
Block Inc.
- Opened the compliance department in Square's new St. Louis office in the fall of 2015 with two other colleagues.
- Spearheaded the opening of the Biz Ops division of compliance in St. Louis in the winter of 2016.
- Worked to build improvements for Square Register, Square Capital and Cash App merchants reviews and app functionality.
- Managed the growth of compliance's sanctions team and GDPR integration.
- Reviewed and investigated over 50 million dollars worth of accounts a month involving compliance related activity monthly.
- Verified merchants information through Square's ongoing know your customer platform.
- Worked interdepartmentally with Payments, Product, Legal, Support, Risk, Disputes, Square Capital, Sales and other teams to maintain and improve both Square' internal and external functionality.
- Interviewed potential new hires for Square.
Intern for the Office of Rahm Emanuel
Office of the Mayor of Chicago
- Researched and provided key international strategic partners for the City of Chicago.
- Wrote official correspondence to global officials and delegations on behalf of the City and Mayor of Chicago.
- Provided data driven results on the changing ethnocultural face of the City.
Global Payments, Operations and Technology Associate Intern
Panjiva (S&P Global)
- Monitored and analyzed large scale business and payment information for the platform.
- Contacted and confirmed corporate buyer’s purchase and sale information from different vendors from around Asia.
- Aided in the translations of important port and trade documents.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Professional Services, Government and Administration, Information Technology, Tourism, and Transportation.
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Experienced in Human Resources, Product Development, Strategy, Operations, Research and Development, and Legal.
Summary
Patrick is an experienced financial technology leader with over 8 years of experience working in all horizontals and verticals of the fintech business apparatus on three continents.
Patrick has overseen the growth of various operations spanning from Product to Compliance to Operations to People.
He loves fast growing organizations and thrives in uncertainty.
Skills
- Product Management
- Operations Management
- Agile Methodology
- Leadership
- Adaptability
- Atlassian Suite
- Business Strategy
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Intercultural Communication
- Attention To Detail
- Data Management
- Managing People
Languages
Education
Freie Universität Berlin
Masters of North American Economics · North American Economics · Berlin, Germany
Fudan University
Study Abroad · Shanghai, China
Washington University in St. Louis
Bachelors of Development Economics and International Development · Development Economics and International Development · St. Louis, United States
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Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
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Patrick is based in Berlin, Germany.
Patrick speaks the following languages: English (Native), German (Elementary).
Patrick has at least 11 years of experience. During this time, Patrick has worked in at least 7 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 7 months. Note that Patrick may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Patrick would be well-suited for roles such as: Manager, Founder and Freelance Consultant, Travelers Sabbatical.
Patrick's most recent position is Manager at United States Department of Commerce - US Census Bureau.
In recent years, Patrick has worked for United States Department of Commerce - US Census Bureau and Operium Consulting Management.
Patrick is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Professional Services, and Information Technology. Patrick also has some experience in Government and Administration, Tourism, and Transportation.
Patrick is most experienced in business areas like Human Resources, Product Development, and Strategy. Patrick also has some experience in Operations, Research and Development, and Legal.
Patrick has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Professional Services, and Government and Administration.
Patrick has recently worked in business areas like Human Resources, Product Development, and Strategy.
Patrick holds a Master in North American Economics from Freie Universität Berlin and a Bachelor in Development Economics and International Development from Washington University in St. Louis.
The availability of Patrick needs to be confirmed.
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