# Catherine Leistman > Senior Product Manager for Web Governance at American Express Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/catherineleistman Senior Product Manager for Web Governance and Software Engineer with a passion for efficient and tested technologies. Experience in Javascript, React, Ruby on Rails, and SQL. I bring strong technical and critical thinking skills that help Teams innovate and create digital spaces for companies and consumers. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Manager @ American Express Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States ### Platform Product Manager @ American Express Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | New City, New York, United States ### Senior Product Analyst @ American Express Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States ### Data Risk Analyst @ American Express Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area Created wireframes for the “Self-Service Form” feature for Amex’s Yellowbrick(YB) Analytical Environment, providing a streamlined data onboarding process; saving analytical users ~4 hours a week / ~20 hours a week for internal YB Team. - Conducted User Research interviews to ensure the wireframes provided a seamless a self service data request submission. - Managed end to end process of onboarding ~500 Amex data tables to the YB platform across Amex. - Delivered tables effectively and quickly, while working closely with international team members and Arizona based Tech Team. - Managed end to end process of resolving 100+ critical Data Quality Issues within Amex’s enterprise data lake. Customer Offers Dashboard Project: - Worked on Mobile & Web Engineering Team at Amex to update internalization for Marketing Offer feature on the customer dashboard. - Utilized JavaScript/React and Jest. - Completed Mobile/Web Engineering on-boarding for required front-end enterprise teams. Pyxis Dashboard Project: - A Dashboard to highlight metrics, leading to transparency for business partners and improvement in customer satisfaction. - Utilized JavaScript/React, HTML, and CSS Managing YellowBrick - Analytical platform; consisting of onboarding new users and data from legacy platform. ### Girls Who Code Facilitator - Kent Place School @ Girls Who Code Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Summit, New Jersey Girls Who Code is a national organization founded to empower girls in middle school and high school to get involved in computer science. - Currently supporting Club girls as they explore the foundational computer science concepts of variables, loops, conditionals and functions. ### Full Stack Web Developer @ Flatiron School Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area An intensive training program designed provide students with the skills necessary to launch careers in web development. This program includes classes/lectures, individual, pair and group programming projects, code challenges, presentations and more. Studied a variety of web development languages, frameworks, and libraries in-depth, including Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, Javascript, jQuery, SQL, ActiveRecord, Git, HTML, CSS, React, and Redux Collaborated on individual and project teams to develop and present a variety of web-based applications and build web development skills and efficiency, including: VR Guide One easy location to find out about Virtual Reality Venues/shows/experiences from all around the world // Built APIs using Ruby on Rails and the MVC pattern; emphasizing on RESTful architecture. // Leveraged jQuery and JavaScript for AJAX functionality. // Customized CSS to design Front End. // User authentication enabled. Doctor Who Gif Generator A GIF finder specifically for the BBC Sci-fi show “Doctor Who”, built in React/Redux and inspired by Giphy // Designed API and data rendering utilizing Ruby on Rails and the MVC pattern. // Applied Redux middleware to respond to and modify state change to enhance predictability of code. // Utilized CSS to customize and enhance user experience. ### Investor/Member @ Ellevest Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area Ellevest was founded by Sallie Krawcheck, a former Wall Street CEO and industry veteran who was called “The Last Honest Analyst” by Fortune, and one of Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business.” Ellevest is redefining investing for women. ### Recruiting Coordinator at Allegis Global Solutions for American Express @ American Express Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | New York • Accountable for administrative responsibilities associated with the hiring of internal and external candidates within Risk Management, Data Science and Global Banking. • Direct support of two teams during a lengthy leadership transition within team; Rsk and Information Management and Global Banking Organizations. • Mentored & assisted in training new Recruiting Coordinators. • Deliver responsive service to clients while managing multiple priorities in a highly pressured and urgent environment. • Manage all system input data (Taleo/PeopleSoft). • Assist with New Hire Orientation. • Assist Recruiters and Recruitment Relationship Manager with any ad hoc tasks. • Primary source of candidate/new hire communication. Special Projects: Data Integrity Project- Appointed by senior leadership to drive special initiative to clean up the Incomplete Submissions Report of any issues showing up for the North American (including Canada) AGS AMEX team. Community Service Event- Organized and led a team from the NYC office to volunteer at a local Dress for Success warehouse. This event promoted team bonding, giving back to one’s community, and promoted AGS to external parties. ### HR Coordinator @ L'Oréal Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | South Brunswick, New Jersey • Managed administrative HR activities including: audits, workflows, job requisitions, offer letters. • Managed I-9 form for new hires and current employees. • Managed new hire paperwork process in RedCarpet. Processed background checks and created files. • Ran and analyzed HR dashboard reports and other ad hoc reports. ### HR Intern @ BBC Worldwide Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | New York, NY •Actively involved in recruiting full-time employees and interns for the current Fall and Spring 2014 academic semester; actions include resume searches on multiple databases, pre-screening of candidates, scheduling interviews, and conducting interviews. •Creating and monitor internship, full-time and part-time job postings on specified internal and external websites. ### HR Intern @ Unilever Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Hammond, Indiana •Assessed employee engagement amongst 189 unionized employees through the creation of the first Global People Survey: Union Edition. Effectively created, marketed, distributed, collected and analyzed the results of the survey. •Presented ongoing updates and final presentation of the analyzed data from Global People Survey: Union Edition to HR Business Partner, Regional HR Manager, Union President, Plant Manager, and factory supervisors. •Worked with all site cross functional areas to compile training records and update training information for preparation of data migration to an online training tool. •Developed and delivered handoff plan for two main deliverables; Online training tool: SPARKLE and Global People Survey- Union Edition. ### HR Intern @ UPS Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 •Communicated with external organizations and individuals to gather information and assess their financial need for a UPS Monetary Grant. •Learned appropriate and important regulations within the HR field in an unionized environment. ## Education ### Bachelor's Degree in Business Rutgers University ### Spanish Language Academia Latinoamericana de Espanol ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/catherineleistman --- Source: https://flows.cv/catherineleistman JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/catherineleistman/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29