Brendan MairAI, product & problem solving

Experience

What I bring to a team, with the receipts.

I lead with four strengths: AI and automation, product thinking, problem solving with data, and bringing teams together. Every result below is from my own work; the resume has each role in detail.

  1. AI & automation90%fewer downstream reporting failuresApex Fintech Solutions
  2. Product$3M+in vendor costs eliminatedApex Fintech Solutions
  3. Problem solving200M+records across 10M+ accountsApex Fintech Solutions
  4. CollaborationTwiceQuarterly Recognition Award, in a single yearApex Fintech Solutions

Strengths at a glance

Every strength, shown on the job.

Each dot is a result I can point to. My current role already shows all four.

Number of results for each strength in each role
WisePayment Product Operations SpecialistApex Fintech SolutionsBusiness AnalystIMUMIImmigration Data Analyst InternUC San Diego RecreationProgram CoordinatorMichigan Law CenterLegal Intern
AI and automation1 result1 result0 results0 results1 result
Product thinking1 result1 result0 results1 result0 results
Problem solving with data1 result1 result2 results1 result1 result
Collaboration and leadership1 result2 results0 results0 results0 results

One result. Select a strength to see the proof.

The proof

Four strengths, one result at a time.

AI and automation

I build automation and AI agents that catch problems and fix them before anyone has to step in.

3 results · 3 roles

  1. 90%

    fewer downstream reporting failures

    Pioneered an agentic withholding reversal process that detects anomalies and corrects them before clients escalate.

    Apex Fintech SolutionsBusiness Analyst
  2. Automated

    Manual payment operations workflows

    With SQL and AI tooling, standardising triage across North American payment routes.

    WisePayment Product Operations Specialist
  3. 20%

    faster invoice processing through automated billing

    Michigan Law CenterLegal Intern

Product thinking

I turn regulations, constraints and messy requirements into specs engineers can build, then see them through rollout.

3 results · 3 roles

  1. $3M+

    in vendor costs eliminated

    Brought tax withholding operations in-house with Product and Engineering, translating 25+ regulatory requirements into system specifications.

    Apex Fintech SolutionsBusiness Analyst
  2. Built

    KPI and SLA frameworks for new payment features

    In SQL, turning route-level performance data into product and operational decisions.

    WisePayment Product Operations Specialist
  3. 200%

    more participation after launching 3 new programs

    UC San Diego RecreationProgram Coordinator

Problem solving with data

I trace failures to their root cause in the data and fix them for good, not just the report that showed them.

6 results · 5 roles

  1. 200M+

    records across 10M+ accounts

    Traced reliability failures to upstream JSON-mapping discrepancies in SQL, then fixed them permanently.

    Apex Fintech SolutionsBusiness Analyst
  2. $240B+

    a year through the platform

    Audited USD and CAD payment routes across FedWire, FedACH, FedNow and RTP. Pinpointed manual friction points and drove the fixes that raised straight-through processing.

    WisePayment Product Operations Specialist
  3. 12+

    immigration datasets analysed

    In R, SQL, Tableau, Power BI and Excel; the insights reshaped outreach for asylum populations across Latin America.

    IMUMIImmigration Data Analyst Intern
  4. Featured

    My busing-program findings, reported in

    The Wall Street JournalThe New York TimesReuters

    IMUMIImmigration Data Analyst Intern
  5. 60%

    more engagement from a 5,000+ member database

    UC San Diego RecreationProgram Coordinator
  6. 35%

    higher client retention from analysing 500+ accounts

    Michigan Law CenterLegal Intern

Collaboration and leadership

Engineering, compliance, product and client teams bring me in because I can speak each of their languages.

3 results · 2 roles

  1. Twice

    Quarterly Recognition Award, in a single year

    The only two-time recipient, for automation, insourcing and operational transformation.

    Apex Fintech SolutionsBusiness Analyst
  2. End to end

    Payment operations initiatives, scoping to rollout

    With Product, Engineering and Operations, turning technical constraints into operational reality.

    WisePayment Product Operations Specialist
  3. Go-to

    Operational resource for engineering, compliance, product and client teams

    Translating system behaviour into business language and leadership-ready findings.

    Apex Fintech SolutionsBusiness Analyst

Where I did it

The roles behind the results.

  1. Payment Product Operations SpecialistWise · Sep 2026 – now
  2. Business AnalystApex Fintech Solutions · Mar 2025 – Sep 2026
  3. Immigration Data Analyst InternIMUMI · Jun – Nov 2024
  4. Program CoordinatorUC San Diego Recreation · Oct 2021 – Jul 2024
  5. Legal InternMichigan Law Center · Sep 2018 – Aug 2021
  1. Sep 2026 – now

    Wise

    Payment Product Operations Specialist · Austin, TX

    Find where payments still need manual handling, agree the fix with Product and Engineering, and check afterwards that it worked.

    What I did there
    • Audit payment routes to find where manual steps slow payments down, and drive the fixes.
    • Build measures and service targets for new payment features, so product and operations decisions rest on route-level data.
    • Take initiatives from scoping and analysis through rollout, working with Product, Engineering and Operations.
    • Act as a North American point of contact for payment incidents and regulatory changes, raising risks early.
  2. Mar 2025 – Sep 2026

    Apex Fintech Solutions

    Business Analyst · Austin, TX

    Made manual, repeated and fragile tax and cost-basis operations reliable, including moving a vendor-run operation in-house.

    What I did there
    • Led the move of a tax-withholding operation from an outside vendor to an in-house team, working with Product and Engineering on the rules, the procedures and the testing.
    • Built AI tools that took routine data work off the team, including requests that used to wait in a queue.
    • Fixed data reliability problems at their source by tracing errors back to the upstream cause rather than patching reports.
    • Recognised twice in one year for automation and insourcing work.
  3. Jun – Nov 2024

    IMUMI

    Immigration Data Analyst Intern · Remote

    Analysed immigration datasets in R, SQL and Tableau; findings on busing programs were reported in national news.

  4. Oct 2021 – Jul 2024

    UC San Diego Recreation

    Program Coordinator · San Diego, CA

    Ran a membership database and launched new recreation programs using usage data.

  5. Sep 2018 – Aug 2021

    Michigan Law Center

    Legal Intern

    Analysed client data and automated billing and tracking workflows.

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