Michael Hawkins

About Michael Hawkins

A product and technology executive with deep expertise in product management and engineering at startups and early stage companies and new product development in financial services and healthcare. I previously designed and developed a lending marketplace platform for institutional and individual investors to lend to small businesses. I was a software architect and engineering manager for RIS Logic, acquired by Merge Healthcare, which grew its annual revenue from to $40 million over a four-year period. At Dynamic Imaging, a New Jersey based early stage software company, I held the position of Director of Product Management responsible for new product innovation in the three years leading up to its acquisition by General Electric. At GE, I led product strategy and product management for new product innovation for part of the health IT portfolio.I am the lead author of 2 patents in the areas of adaptive workflow, resource prioritization and user experience.Specialties: startups and early stage organizations, new product development and launches, software development, product and project management, strategic planning, go-to-market planning, user experience development, team creation and development

Experience

1. Chief Technology Officer

   LendKey

   Feb 2021 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

   LendKey is a digital lending platform that partners with community-oriented financial institutions to offer consumers a range of products, including private student loans, student loan refinancing and home improvement loans. With a complete end-to-end solution that encompasses marketing/customer acquisition support, credit decisioning, loan origination, loan servicing and liquidity management, LendKey enables its nearly 300 lending partners to rapidly deliver an expanded menu of credit options to consumers via a user-friendly, cost-effective digital channel. In addition, by providing lenders with the ability to offer credit products online in an efficient, compliant and secure way, LendKey offers borrowers a simple digital lending experience and access to financing options they need to improve their lives and enable their dreams

Education

• Columbia University

  BA, Mathematics

• Case Western Reserve University

  Electrical Engineering, Math

Skills

• Product Management
• Software Development
• Strategic Planning
• Marketing Management
• User Experience
• Business Analysis
• Large-Scale Data Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Early Stage Companies
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Management
• Program Management
• Sdlc
• Strategy
• Product Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Scrum
• Integration
• Project Management
• IT Strategy
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Software Project Management
• Quality Assurance
• Agile Methodologies
• Leadership
• Enterprise Architecture
• Healthcare
• Business Process
• E-Commerce
• Competitive Analysis
• Analysis
• Testing
• Executive Management
• Web Applications
• Software Engineering
• Databases
• Security
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Business Intelligence
• Enterprise Software