John Abraham

About

Operations leader with deep fintech/lending startup experience (OnDeck Capital, 1st Merchant Funding, ForwardLine, Founders First) building end-to-end underwriting-to-portfolio operations, compliance, and supporting functions like sales/marketing. Known for scaling teams and automating repeatable work—citing growth from ~$3MM to ~$20MM in 2 years—while implementing systems like Salesforce/QuickSight and helping build proprietary funding and portfolio management software. Also provides structured part-time advisory support with clear scope/cadence, including helping set up a global finance company based in Argentina.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Built and optimized end-to-end lending operations from underwriting through funding and post-funding portfolio management at startups
• Scaled underwriting/fraud/risk/portfolio teams from 2 to ~30 and transitioned processes from manual to automated
• Drove growth from ~$3MM to ~$20MM over 2 years through operational automation and process redesign
• Introduced prioritization and cross-functional accountability via a RACI-style matrix
• Implemented ops/reporting tooling (Salesforce, Amazon QuickSight, LexisNexis, Plaid, Codat) and helped build proprietary funding/portfolio software
• Effective change management approach (bottom-up discovery, segmented rollout, training/hand-holding as needed, ongoing QA and feedback loops)
• Advises founders/executives by shadowing workflows, prioritizing critical initiatives, and coaching time management with candid feedback