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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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Senior Product Manager

    2015 - 2021

  • 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.

  • Board Advisor

    2021 - 2021

  • Operational Management Program

    2009 - 2015

    Responsible for identifying, planning,and executing cross-functional continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, and productivity initiatives.

  • Health & Beauty Category Intern

    2009 - 2009

  • Assistant Associate

    2008 - 2009

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