Growth Product Manager at Wave Mobile Money

I lead growth and experimental economics at Wave Mobile Money, a technology company building a modern financial network in West Africa. The mission is to make Africa a cashless continent.

My background is in behavioral science, focusing on the psychology and economics of how people allocate their time, money, and attention.

Areas of work: product design, user growth and retention, experimental economics, product design, consumer behavior research

Ph.D from UCLA

B.A. from Harvard College

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Windfalls of time versus money

How do people allocate unexpected windfalls of time versus money? A field experiment with 1,550 working mothers in Kenya

How does the design of fintech apps influence users’ financial decisions?

The psychology behind digital budgeting apps. We ran 8 online experiments with 4,680 participants, analyzing how specific design features influence users’ financial choices

Income volatility and impatient financial decisions

How do unpredictable income streams influence our behavior? An analysis of panel data tracking year-over-year income fluctuations among 5,106 Americans over 27 years

Recent presentation: “What’s worth more: time or money? A field experiment”

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