Hill Ferguson

Hill Ferguson

Product-focused Leader / Exec

Location
San Francisco Bay Area
Industry
Internet
Current
  1. Social Capital LP
Previous
  1. PayPal,
  2. Zong (acquired by PayPal),
  3. MoneyCard Financial
Education
  1. Vanderbilt University
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Summary

Product-focused leader experienced in creating, developing and managing consumer financial services businesses. Early producer at Yahoo! Finance and ran Yodlee's Personal Finance products group. Later joined Echovox, to help create Zong, a mobile payments service that was spun out and acquired by PayPal. Spent 4 years post-acquisition helping transform PayPal into a more customer-focused technology company that is now well-positioned to compete in a more global, mobile marketplace.

Active investor and advisor to several startups. Currently considering new opportunities.

Experience

  • Exec-in-Residence

    Social Capital LP
    – Present (3 months)United States
  • SVP, Consumer Business

    PayPal
    (9 months)

    Set up new Consumer Business Unit of 750 people worldwide to focus on growing and engaging the global consumer user base of 170 million actives through better lifecycle management and improved consumer value propositions.

  • SVP, Chief Product Officer

    PayPal
    (1 year 6 months)san jose, ca

    Promoted to SVP and Chief Product Officer.

  • VP, Global Product

    PayPal
    (1 year 3 months)

    Consolidated and re-organized multiple Product teams into one Global Product team of 500 people worldwide who efined, designed, managed, measured and launched products and experiences in over 200 countries.

  • Sr. Director, PayPal Mobile

    PayPal
    (11 months)

    Led the global mobile team, focused on shipping PayPal Here and improving mobile apps and checkout experiences.

  • VP Product & Marketing

    Zong (acquired by PayPal)
    (3 years)

    Leading product management and marketing functions at Zong, the leading mobile payment service for the digital goods merchants.

  • Co-Founder & VP Product

    MoneyCard Financial
    (1 year 10 months)

    Product strategy, roadmapping, requirements definition, business planning and partnership development for "green field" startup in financial services industry.

  • Founder

    LoanBack
    (1 year 2 months)

    LoanBack provides online tools and services to facilitate "friends and family" loans.

  • General Manager

    Yodlee
    (3 years)

    General Manager of Yodlee's Personal Finance business: p&l, product management, marketing, business development, and sales support.

  • Sr. Product Manager, Yahoo! Finance

    Yahoo
    (2 years 5 months)

    Launched and managed personal finance products within Yahoo! Finance property (Y! Bill Pay, Y! PayDirect, Y! Savings Finder)

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Professional working proficiency

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  • What does a leader do? A leader is gracious, thoughtful, humble, demanding when needed, smart, and treats people with tremendous respect. A leader laughs with you when you need a break from the stress, empathizes with you when things don't work out as planned, and inspires you when the direction changes as strategy evolves. Hill is that leader. On some projects I worked closely with him, and others from a distance. I have always been proud of the work I've done on his team. That's what he inspires in people. And now I know what it is that leaders do.
  • Hill is one of the rare people I've worked with that I would consider a visionary. He assessed the market, performed his analysis, and had the guts to push for what he thought was right. As a boss he knew how to leverage the strengths of his staff members and guide without micromanaging, while never losing sight of the ultimate goal. Working for and with him was enjoyable because no matter how difficult the situation could be, his expectations were realistic and the goal was always clearly defined.

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