TECHNOLOGY

Helping Oportun scale Sharief joined the company in 2015 and was drawn to Oportun for two reasons : First , she believed in the company ’ s mission and saw an opportunity to find purpose and meaning at work . Second , she knew that her expertise in technology could help Oportun scale its business and help more people .

“ As a startup , Oportun had systems and processes that worked well , but drawing from my experience , I knew we needed to put a roadmap in place

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for our systems to keep pace with the Company ’ s rapid growth ,” said Sharief .

Within her first few weeks at Oportun , Sharief got her team aligned to a roadmap that had two prongs : “ Quick Wins ” to ensure near-term systems stability and four long-term programs that would help prepare Oportun for future growth and scalability . These programs included robust efforts around technology architecture and infrastructure , security , process design , and collaboration .

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