Paola Alvarez

Overview

I started Ridge Commerce to fix consumer finance for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Took Ridge Commerce from zero to $8 million ARR. Most at home with compliance and lending. Into vintage synthesizers.

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Experience

1. Co-founder & CTO

   Aug 2023 - Present
   Ridge Commerce · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Buenos Aires, Argentina
   • Took Ridge Commerce from zero to $7 million ARR.
   • Grew the team to 18 people across 4 countries.
   • Signed 80 paying customers, 5 of them enterprises.
2. Associate Product Manager

   Jun 2022 - Aug 2023
   Globant · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Buenos Aires, Argentina
   • Grew lending revenue from $8 million to $37 million ARR.
   • Took lending activation from 27% to 38% in three quarters.
3. Group Product Manager

   Jan 2019 - Jun 2022
   Accenture · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Buenos Aires, Argentina
   • Grew lending revenue from $2 million to $33 million ARR.
4. Senior Product Manager

   Sep 2017 - Jan 2019
   PagSeguro · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Buenos Aires, Argentina
   • Killed 6 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
   • Ran 172 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
5. Product Manager

   Jun 2014 - Sep 2017
   KPMG · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Buenos Aires, Argentina
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new lending customers from 13 days to 4.
   • Launched the lending product in 9 markets.

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Education

1. IESE

   MBA, Business Administration
   2003 - 2005
2. Fundação Getulio Vargas

   Administração, Computer Science
   1999 - 2003