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Nathan Olson

West Jordan,UT

Summary

Senior Product Manager with over 6 years of experience in the payments industry, specializing in payment facilitation. Expert in prioritizing product roadmaps, designing RESTful APIs, and delivering world-class developer portals using Stoplight. Adept at translating complex technical requirements into scalable features, and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate/Senior Product Manager

Global Payments
Lindon, UT
06.2022 - Current

Was one of the pioneering product managers working on GPAPI, which is a new single API solution to unify all of the products (companies) that Global has acquired.

  • Controlled the roadmap of up to three teams at a time, to deliver payment solutions on time and within budget.
  • Created product briefs and worked with business analysts, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and client requirements.
  • Technical aptitude in creating RESTful designs.
  • Expertise in payment facilitation, and was the lead on any features related to our embedded partner (Payfac) solution.
  • I signed off on demos and tested completed features for any bugs.
  • Updated the developer portal using Stoplight and GitHub, including API specs and step-by-step guides.
  • Created and maintained API design standards, which were used internally by our design and delivery team.
  • Completed all go-to-market requirements, which included confirming the SDKs were updated and identifying pilots.
  • Acted as an SME and escalation point for the features I helped to deliver.

Implementation Analyst

ProPay|TSYS, Global Payments
Lehi, UT
11.2019 - 06.2022

I was assigned to new clients integrating into Propay's payment facilitation solution and would act as their main point of contact in helping them integrate.

  • Created test credentials, provided certification scripts, and guides to help with the integration process.
  • Played a role in connecting Propay to other internal global systems (Portico, Cayan, Genius, Transit).
  • Trained team members.
  • Made updates to the API documentation (Kentico).
  • Helped troubleshoot integrating client issues using Postman, Splunk, and SSMS.
  • Bug submission (TargetProcess).
  • SFTP (Xfer) management.
  • Reporting (SSRS) troubleshooting.
  • Initiated the underwriting process for a new client.
  • Launched clients who had completed their integration by certifying their integration, providing them with live credentials, and passing them off to a launch manager.

Client Support Analyst

ProPay|TSYS
Lehi, UT
03.2019 - 11.2019

Provided technical support to partners using Propay's payment facilitation solution (Profac).

  • API troubleshooting using Postman, Splunk, and SMSS.
  • Bug submission (TargetProcess).
  • On-call responsibilities for after-hours support and incident management.
  • SFTP (Xfer) management.
  • Reporting (SSRS) troubleshooting.
  • I consistently led my team in the number of tickets closed.

Client Services

North American Recovery
West Valley City, UT
04.2017 - 08.2018

I worked at a third-party collections agency in client services and public relations. I met with clients we collected for, such as dental and medical offices, property management companies, and financial institutions. My goal in these face-to-face meetings was to make sure they were completely satisfied with our services. I created marketing materials, including case studies. I worked closely with the CEO and president in fulfilling special tasks assigned to me.

  • Interpersonal, face-to-face meetings with clients.
  • Copywriting, Marketing.
  • Interviewed and trained new employees.
  • Booth set up and operation for dental and property management conventions.

Level 4 Case Manager

Convergys/Chrysler
Taylorsville, UT
06.2016 - 07.2017

Worked as a level 4 case manager. I helped escalated customers to get their vehicles fixed and compensated for their inconvenience through reimbursement and service contracts.

  • I was honored at a corporate lunch for having perfect customer reviews for an entire quarter.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Strategic Communication

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
01-2017

Skills

  • Product strategy and vision – defining long-term product roadmaps aligned with business goals
  • Roadmap planning – prioritizing features based on customer impact, technical complexity, and regional needs
  • Agile, Scrum – leading cross-functional teams in agile environments, experience as product owner
  • Stakeholder management – working closely with regional business units, account managers, and external partners
  • Go-to-market strategy: developer portal updates, working with the SDK team, and identifying pilots
  • Embedded payments / PayFac model – expertise in enabling sub-merchants under a partner
  • KYC, underwriting – experience with onboarding flows, identity verification
  • Transaction processing – knowledge of card networks, acquiring banks, processors, and tokenizing payment methods
  • Settlement and reconciliation – understanding of fund flows, net settlement, payouts, and chargebacks
  • Partnerships and APIs – working with ISVs, PSPs, acquirers, and payment gateways
  • APIs and integration – designing and documenting RESTful APIs, collaborating with developers and business analysts on API-based products
  • Developer tooling – familiarity with Postman and Stoplight

Timeline

Associate/Senior Product Manager

Global Payments
06.2022 - Current

Implementation Analyst

ProPay|TSYS, Global Payments
11.2019 - 06.2022

Client Support Analyst

ProPay|TSYS
03.2019 - 11.2019

Client Services

North American Recovery
04.2017 - 08.2018

Level 4 Case Manager

Convergys/Chrysler
06.2016 - 07.2017

Bachelor of Science - Strategic Communication

University of Utah