Sarah Williams Ablett

Experience

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  BankBoston

  Jun 1995 - Dec 1999

  Various

  - Administrative Assistant/Client Service (Jun. 1995 - Jul. 1998)- Y2K Conversion Controller (Aug. 1998 – Mar. 1999)- Product Development Coordinator (Dec. 1998 – Dec. 1999)

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  Meridien Research

  Jan 2000 - Apr 2002

  Sr. Research Analyst

  Authored reports on technology and trends in the financial services industry. Provided research and analysis on the leading issues and trends within Financial Services to customers across multiple market segments including banks, brokerages, insurance firms, and the vendors who served them. Interacted regularly with clients, prospects, and the industry press providing subject matter expertise and thought leadership. Prepared and delivered subject matter expert presentations at both company and client events. Show less

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  Fleet Bank

  Jan 2002 - Jul 2004

  Vice President

  - Corporate Client Web Banking Platform Migration Manager (Apr. 2002 – Nov. 2002)- Senior Web Product Manager (Nov. 2002 – July 2004)

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  Bank of America

  Jul 2004 - Jun 2014

  Primary liaison between treasury sales and product management; built and led sales training and communications across payments and receipts (e.g., ACH, wire, P2P, lockbox, check, ATM, branch). Led the launch of multiple new products including:- Cash Recycling Solution to drive bank cost reduction and client satisfaction.- Email/mobile payments solution for the business-to-consumer (B2C) market; a.k.a. ClearXchange (now Zelle)- Online bill pay solution for Business Banking/Commercial clients ($5 - 20 MM revenue).- Multiple bundled pricing packages including a drive to increase Check Positive Pay adoptionDrove analytics initiative to identify targeted cross-sell opportunities for Treasury Sales. Show less

  • VP, Sr. Product Manager, GCB Payments & Receipts Product Solutions

    Mar 2011 - Jun 2014

  • VP - Various Titles / Portal Strategy & eCommerce

    Jul 2004 - Mar 2011
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  Digital Insight

  Jan 2015 - Apr 2018

  Group Product Manager, Business Banking

  Hired to build new Business Banking solution entirely from scratch. Went live in 10 months. Led the full definition and delivery of an internally-developed business banking solution (reporting, transfers, ACH, wires, stop payment, alerts, administration & entitlements). Post-launch, drove quarterly releases, including piloting & launching Business Mobile Apps (iOS/Android) and Check Positive Pay.Product lead for entire product lifecycle – industry subject matter expertise, requirements documentation; user experience; daily scrums; cross-organization prioritization; training materials; sales support; prospect interactions; customer conversion and onboarding; product beta/pilot; marketing materials and customer communications development; quarterly roadmap definition. Show less

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  Texas Capital Bank

  Apr 2018 - Jul 2021

  SVP, Senior Product Manager & Payment Strategy

  Payments Product Manager responsible for day-to-day support and strategy for all Treasury Payments Solutions with the exception of commercial card.

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  Santander Bank, N.A.

  Jul 2021 - now

  Associate Director, Technical Product Sales Specialist, Working Capital Channels

  Member of the Working Capital Channels (WCC) team serving as a Technical Product Sales Specialist. In addition to primary role of consulting with Sales and with clients on WCC solutions, role also includes working with solution team to lead the WCC Go To Market and product commercialization efforts, as well as collaborating on product roadmap and planning efforts.