Rachel Castro
Banking Go-to-Market and Strategy leader at U.S. Bank
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Work Experience
SVP, Business Banking Go-to-Market and Strategy leader
2023 - Current
Focused on unlocking strategic value and accelerating revenue growth while optimizing operations for the Business Banking segment
SVP, Digital Merchant Acquisition
2023 - 2023
Manage digital acquisition for U.S. Bank’s SMB Payment solutions. Driving and preparing the organization to scale digital customer growth.
SVP, Strategy
2022 - 2023
SVP of Strategy for U.S. Bank’s SMB fintech acquisitions, talech POS and Bento Spend Management. Thought leader who advises senior leadership on moving the bank to a product-led model.
Head of Strategy, Small Business & talech, Chief of Staff to CEO
2021 - 2022
U.S. Bank Freight Payment is a freight audit & payment firm letting shippers & carriers manage freight payment & audit for transportation.
Founding member, Los Angeles Chapter
2021
Chief is a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. Chief is the only organization specifically designed for senior women leaders to strengthen their leadership journey, cross-pollinate ideas across industries, and effect change from the top down.
Chief is a private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.
Raised $140,000,000.00 from BoxGroup, General Catalyst, Notable Capital, Primary Venture Partners, Inspired Capital Partners, Flybridge and CapitalG.
Limited Partner
2022
LP in a fund focused on investing in female founders building game-changing businesses which empower women, in particular, to manage their health, build their wealth, and live in a cleaner, safer world. We focus on pre-seed & seed-stage investments.
Emmeline Ventures is an early-stage fund that invests in tech-enabled and female-founded start-ups.
Senior Product Manager at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
2015 - 2021
BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate investment and incubation firm. We invented, built, and invested in startups with the world’s most influential companies. We shared risk and invested alongside our corporate and startup partners via a range of collaborative options. At BCGDV, I built teams, products, and ventures. Launched companies include: an iOS and Android ELD compliance and GPS tracking solution and IoT data platform for the US commercial trucking industry and a distributed energy resource marketplace.
BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate investment and incubation firm.
Senior Product Manager
2015 - 2021
BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.
Founding Board Member
2014 - 2021
Burnish Creative is a full-service production and post-production house. Burnish offers offline, online, graphics, VFX, mix, and creates original content.
Burnish Creative is a film production company that provides film design, editing, production, and finishing services.
Board Advisor
2021 - 2021
Virtual Dental Care is the creator of the SaaS web and mobile application, Teledentix, with both traditional and API-driven monetization.
Raised $4,852,848.00.
Operational Management Program
2009 - 2015
Responsible for identifying, planning,and executing cross-functional continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, and productivity initiatives.
McMaster-Carr develops products that are used to maintain, repair, and operate manufacturing plants and large commercial facilities.
Health & Beauty Category Intern
2009 - 2009
The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.
Raised $11,000,000,000.00 from Citibank.
Assistant Associate
2008 - 2009
Spencer Stuart is a business consultancy that focuses on leadership consulting, business development, staffing and recruiting management.