Ted brings over 20 years of financial services experience with both traditional and fintech lenders, where he developed innovative solutions for small businesses and consumers.

Most recently, Ted was Product & Operations Lead at Square Capital, the lending arm of Block Inc. (formerly Square Inc.), where he led the expansion of small business lending to over $4B in loan originations serving hundreds of thousands of small businesses. His experience also includes Amazon, where he developed and launched Amazon Lending, the first-of-its-kind small business lending platform to use real-time eCommerce marketplace data for credit underwriting – including a zero-touch process from application to loan repayment.

Ted has also led teams across Risk, Finance and Operations functions at leading financial institutions, and advised banks and credit unions on expanding small business lending through the use of credit scoring and technology.