Rachael Barlevav

Rachael Silver Barlevav is a proficient and impactful leader with a decade of experience in corporate finance, entrepreneurship, and product management, adept at utilizing design thinking, customer feedback, and business strategy to tackle challenges. She excels in crafting visually appealing and user-friendly products in collaboration with diverse and dynamic teams.

Describing herself as empathetic, intelligent, and a leader, Rachael attributes these qualities to her success in driving individual contributions and fostering strong relationships with her colleagues for high-quality outcomes. Noteworthy achievements in her career include launching two mobile apps, an e-commerce/event ticketing website, and consistently enhancing features for web-based SaaS products. As a Senior Financial Analyst at Red Bull North America, she spearheaded a $2 billion top-line business forecast and led analytical projects across various departments.

In software development, Rachael prioritizes customer-centric roadmapping, data-backed decision-making, seamless user experiences, and team alignment to streamline the development lifecycle. She pays meticulous attention to detail in crafting user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria to ensure a smooth workflow. With a commitment to efficiency and effectiveness, she actively engages in activities such as writing business requirements, collaborating with design teams, and refining processes with her colleagues to achieve project goals.

Rachael Silver Barlevav's versatile skill set encompasses business strategy, creative problem-solving, cross-functional team management, customer support, data analysis, design thinking, marketing strategy, market research, product development, product management, startups, strategic thinking, success metrics, user experience research, and wireframing.

Educationally, Rachael pursued a Master of Science degree at the University of Southern California and completed a Bachelor's degree at the University of Chicago. Throughout her career, she gained valuable experience at various organizations in different capacities, including roles at Brandlive, Brimstone Boulders, VF Corporation, Ride Wild, Luxury Presence, LUB, True North Studio, and Red Bull, where she held positions in product management, project management, finance, and analytical roles.