Rob Garcia

Current

Sr. Director, Product Strategy at Lending Club

Past

Director, Product Strategy at Lending Club
Director, Project Management & UX at Lending Club
Program Manager at Avenue A | Razorfish

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Rob Garcia’s Summary

Rob Garcia has over 10 years of experience in designing and building a broad range of technical solutions, user centered web sites, and business applications. He combines the analytical and technical skills of a computer engineer (BS in computer sciences) with the business and costumer-centered mindset of a business entrepreneur (M.B.A. Entrepreneurship). His cross-functional abilities, passion and experience allow him to lead high performing teams to create solutions that maximize technology while achieving business objectives.

Rob has proven to be a top performing leader, product visionary and project manager. His drive, business, and technical expertise have been an asset to and key to success in all projects he has engaged in.

Rob started as a developer of business and financial applications for companies in the public sector. After a few years as a developer, he ventured himself into the technology business market as an entrepreneur. He started a business unit, as part of a small technology consulting firm, responsible for designing and selling cross-platform integration solutions to leading companies in the Americas.

Rob comes from a technical background before joining AA-RF. Rob has a degree in Computer Engineer and spend his first 2 years after graduating building Unix based systems and applications. Rob decided it was time to complement his technical skills with the necessary business skills to help him build the right applications, tools and solutions to customers. He spent 2 years at Babson College and graduated from its MBA program with honors. He specializes in entrepreneurship, finances and marketing.