Paul Needels
SVP Loan Products, Informa Research Services in Los Angeles, California
PROFESSIONAL
Business leader accredited as a veracious, performance driven professional with 20+ years of experience driving top and bottom line growth within Consumer Lending & Mortgage industries. Particular expertise in change management – visioning future state and then cultivating cross-functional teams within marketing, operations, sales and technology to drive successful implementation of new products and processes. Successful navigation of businesses during periods of economic hardships via innovation and gaining employee commitment. Hold true to core practices of: Leading by example; nurturing talent; use of quantitative performance metrics; active, engaged managerial practices and keeping agile environment structured for adapting and scaling with company evolution.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Analysis and strategy development | Change management | Sales and customer relationships | Sales management | Employee participation and empowerment | Negotiations | Product development | Software designs | Testing and deployment | Operations | Recruitment | Marketing | Pricing | Quantitative methods | Risk mitigation | Earnings management.
PERSONAL
Avid rider of off-road motorcycles, road and mountain bikes. Adviser for Happy Kids Orphanage based in Volta Region, Ghana. Proud father of two beautiful girls and CFO, Co-Founder for Digital Knack - a talent consulting firm led by my daughter Cassie Rosengren and wife Marcia Needels.