Florian Wahl
Strategy | Product | Open Finance | Open Banking | Payments
- Role
- Head of Product Strategy at Akoya
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Florian Wahl
Engineer by trade and fintech geek by passion, Florian leads Product Strategy at Akoya, investigating the opportunities that open finance can bring to a wide array of use cases with particular attention to the payments space. Florian is a certified digital product manager and strategist with 8+ years of experience. He is an active voice in the industry, talking and writing about fintech, data sharing, payments, and tokenization. Before joining Akoya in 2021, Florian held various roles as a consultant in financial services, focusing on digital transformation and open finance.
Experience
Head of Product Strategy
Nov 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US
Developing & maintaining a multi-year product plan, converting the product strategy into actionable initiatives, getting buy-in on the strategy from the Akoya leadership and the board, and acting as the point of contact for colleagues• Conducting competitive & market analysis to articulate Akoya’s competitive position & identify opportunities to scale the business in the next 5 years• Performing market research, gathering functional requirements from clients and partners, and collaborating with engineering and product management teams to provide recommendations to executive leadership• Leading strategic initiatives aligned to corporate goals; including scoping market opportunity, identifying a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) construct, validating with customers, and leading product development for these initiatives• Providing thought leadership on key use cases for Akoya (especially on payments, tokenization, & account funding)• Managing the Product Management Excellence (PME) process to ensure Akoya delivers best-in-class products and services to our customers, by leveraging an understanding of Akoya’s internal structure, market requirements, competitive forces, and product functionalities• Managing all Akoya product economics & pricing, partnering with finance and product teams to develop adequate pricing and cost models• Designing systems and procedures to enable Akoya to work more efficiently and effectively through data analysis
Education
Illinois Institute of Technology
Master’s Degree, Industrial Technology and Management, Supply Chain Management
2016 — 2017
INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Master's Degree, Industrial Engineering and Management
2012 — 2018
Skills
- Gestion De Projet
- Project Planning
- Agile Methodologies
- Javascript
- Java
- Leadership
- Financial Accounting
- Purchasing
- Industrial Engineering
- Gestion Des Stocks
- Base De Données
- Distributed Ledger Tech
- Marketing Analysis
- Microsoft Office
- Small Business Management
- Solid Edge
- Sql
- Gestion Des Connaissances
- Supply Chain Management
- Project Management
- Teamwork
- Team Management
- Html5
- Functional Requirements
- Parler En Public
- Blockchain
- Entrepreneurship
- Gestion D'équipe
- Fintech
- Microsoft Excel
- Powerpoint
- Travail D'équipe
- Cost Management
- Business Analysis
- Knowledge Management
- Scrum
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