Hi, I'm Riz
I've held executive roles for over 15 years across multiple domains, including Product, Engineering, Data, Operations, and Marketing. My journey has spanned a diverse array of companies, from bootstrapped start-ups to VC-backed scale-ups, covering industries such as e-commerce, social networking, and SaaS.
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I've worked in a VP or C-level capacity in fast growing technology firms for over a decade. I'm always open to discussing the next challenge and taking on either a full-time or fractional role.
Advisory & Coaching
I also provide advisory & coaching services. I'm a very people oriented leader focused on scaling an organization through motivation, empowerment, professional growth, and alignment of the team.
Software Development
I have a Computer Engineering degree and continue to develop software for clients. See below for some or my projects.
Software Development
Below you'll find some technology I've delivered on my own (outside of my work for employers over the years)
Psychmeter
PsychMeter is a project aimed at making Questionnaires and the DART a lot easier for psychology professionals. It provides digitized versions of standard questionnaires as well as the DART for diagnostics. It allows for highly automated collection, scoring, and graphing of questionnaires. It also provides the Flow Helper when administering the DART which automatically calculates the recommended next step whenever possible so practitioners can stay engaged with their clients and patients. In addition, it also makes it easy to you to create your own custom and scored questionnaires.
The fruit cart
The fruit cart needed a box subscription system to meet their unique needs. Even Shopify's solution fell short of providing the experience they wanted for their customers while being compatible with their business model. The end solution provided the a box subscription ecommerce website along with robust administrative controls and reporting across multiple product lines.
As a part of this solution I also provided customer communication tools to allow them to work directly with their customers when needed via SMS text messaging.
SLR Psychology
SLR Psychology was looking for help launching their new clinic. From Email to website to e-therapy to billing to security training to diagnostic tooling, I set them up with their full technology solution set ensuring PHIPA compliance. If you're standing up a new psychology practice or looking for help on an existing practice, I can help.
I've also created the CPO tracking sheet tool, a free website to make it easier for Psychologists to track their professional development activities.
Client Portal
An administrative services client was frustrated with their manual paper based method of delivering services to their clients. I developed a workflow driven client portal which included digital data collection, file/document collection, authorization signatures, document generation, and status tracking.
Bank Kiddo
Bank Kiddo is a passion project of mine focused on encouraging child financial literacy. Parents/guardians can create virtual bank accounts or investment accounts. Children can set goals and track the growth (or lack of growth) in their account. Younger children can even interact with the bank using their voice using Siri!
I strongly encourage you to check out Bank Kiddo if you're a parent who cares about financial literacy. It's totally free!