Hurst AdvisorsLLC

Results

Outcomes from 25+ years building and directing technology organizations.

3B+ Inquiriesannual volume for the fraud and identity products owned as Certos CTO
20× TPVpayment growth at Boku, $500M to $10B, while VP of Data and Security
200+ Stafftechnology org guided through two major transformations to establish product ownership
99.9%availability reached across a dozen products, tracked against SLOs
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People
200+ staff

Two reorganizations into product ownership

Led a 200+ person group through two reorganizations into teams that own features, resiliency, quality and security together.

Product Focused Teams
Process
2 years on target

Quarterly planning that earned board funding

Adding quarterly planning to the annual cycle led to two straight years of hitting product, security and revenue targets, and new board funding.

Planning and operations
Technology
Millions saved

Vendor consolidation and contract renegotiation

Consolidated vendor portfolio including removing vendors from across an enterprise, sunset legacy products and renegotiated platform contracts for millions in savings.

Platforms and modernization
Data
1PB+ dataset

A clean audit for data serving 2,000+ banks

Took a 1PB+ dataset serving 2,000+ banks through a clean data-quality audit and stronger governance.

Data strategy and governance
Data · Security
20× TPV

Payment growth at Boku

Payment volume grew from $500M to $10B while Walter was VP of Data and Security.

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Process · Technology
99.9%

Availability across a dozen products

Availability reached across a dozen products, tracked against SLOs.

Planning and operations

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