BRENDAN PHILLIPS
New York,NY
Summary
I research, build, and scale systems of things, people, or technology.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Product Management
Findigs, Inc.
01.2025 - Current
- Led company-wide product strategy and roadmap development; anaged, developed, and mentored a team of 4 product managers
- Developed, coded, and GM'd DecisionAssist, the only full-service screening platform in the industry; used low-code workflow tools (retool, Decisions.com) and AI platforms to end-to-end automate screening decisions for millions of rental applications
- Developed new products to serve affordable housing (Section 42, Section 8) by working directly with PHAs, SHFAs, HUD, and property managers
- Worked collaboratively with developers to overhaul the static front facing application flow to a modular, configurable app experience
Business Operations Manager
01.2023 - 12.2024
- Developed new DecisionAssist product by conducting market research, interviewing existing clients, scoping vendors, and drawing out workflows
- Optimized revenue funnel, automated common workflows in Salesforce
Senior Manager, Pricing and Economic Strategy
Better Mortgage
02.2020 - 11.2022
- Managed, optimized, and automated day-to-day P&L maximization and long term profitability strategy across marketing channels and business lines; drove decision to pivot company strategy from hyper-growth towards core business growth, company's unit economics expert;
- Managed a team of 4 direct reports; ran hiring process, development, and performance management; cleared 25% of reports' time through automation
- Worked cross-functionally to implement a machine learning model to find the revenue maximizing quantity and price of loans of different sources and characteristics, increasing company revenue by 10% ($60M/year at highest run-rate); used model to set $12M monthly acquisition budget
- Helped manage implementation of all new products (FHA, VA loans)
Digital Transformation Director (volunteer)
Out for Undergrad
07.2019 - 12.2021
- Predicted in Feb 2020 we wouldn't have physical conferences; researched and implemented 3 platforms for pivoting 4 conferences to digital-only; single-handedly executed transition to digital-only for 100+ volunteers and 1000+ attendees across the events
Investment Engineer
Bridgewater Associates
03.2018 - 08.2019
- Designed and built a system to collect, process, and enable analysis of reserves data all central banks and BIS data; wrote investment logic in Scala and BW's research DSL
- Certified as Investment Engineer by passing a mandatory a rigorous 9-month economics and engineering class (pass rate < 50%)
- Interviewed > 100 entry level engineering candidates; helped systematize interview data collection; directed LGBTQ recruiting
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial and Systems Engineering, Economic and Financial Systems
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA12-2017
Skills
- Leadership: Experience with large hiring and performance management cycles, company-wide culture reviews
- Product: Agile management, product strategy, KPI setting, roadmapping, other such buzzwords
- AI: First adopter for AI platforms, familiarity with all major models, pusher for coders to use more codegen AI
- Communication: Wrote internal and external Mortgage News (~1M recipients weekly); experience with public speaking to large crowds (~2000 people)
- Programming: Professional experience with Python, JS, Scala, SQL, LookML, coursework in R, Matlab
- Coursework: Financial Modeling, Probability, Statistics, Stochastics, Regression, State Modeling, Linear Optimization, Accounting
Interests
Reading/Podcasts: Money Stuff, Odd Lots, Thoughts On The Market, The Daily, 538 (RIP), Trillions
Hobbies: Losing money trading derivatives, hikinh, mahjong club, D&D, bodybuilding, Paradox studios games
Awards: Eagle Scout
Timeline
Director of Product Management
Findigs, Inc.
01.2025 - Current
Business Operations Manager
01.2023 - 12.2024
Senior Manager, Pricing and Economic Strategy
Better Mortgage
02.2020 - 11.2022
Digital Transformation Director (volunteer)
Out for Undergrad
07.2019 - 12.2021
Investment Engineer
Bridgewater Associates
03.2018 - 08.2019
Bachelor of Science - Industrial and Systems Engineering, Economic and Financial Systems
Georgia Institute of Technology