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Thomas Rein

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Product - Embedded Finance at Avalara
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Thomas Rein is the Head of Product for Embedded Finance at Avalara, leveraging experience from his acquired startup, Hopscotch. A data-driven leader with a Physics degree and an MBA from the University of Virginia, he specializes in building fintech platforms from the ground up and leading complex digital transformations in commercial banking.

He is deeply motivated by mentoring others and investing in their professional and personal growth. Thomas thrives in human-centered, team-oriented environments and is passionate about collaborating with stakeholders to build products that solve customer problems and create delight.

Unique fact: Thomas began his career managing a $2 billion portfolio for a multi-strategy hedge fund, focusing on global sovereign debt and derivatives.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Product - Embedded Finance
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
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Embedded Finance
Currently leads all fintech and embedded finance product initiatives at Avalara, building upon his work creating credit products for small businesses at Hopscotch.
Fintech Startups
Has extensive experience building companies from scratch, having been one of the first employees at Aliya Financial and later leading Hopscotch from concept to acquisition.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Product - Embedded Finance
Avalara
7-2021 - 9-2024
Head of Product, Technology and Design (acquired by Avalara)
Hopscotch
2017 - 7-2021
Product Lead - Commercial Credit Digital Transformation
Capital One
10-2014 - 2017
Head of Product
Aliya Financial Technologies
4-2012 - 8-2014
Director - Portfolio Management
Black River Asset Management (BRAM)
In the press

Media appearances

E164: Talking Consumer Like CX for B2B Fintech w/ Reed Switzer & Thomas Rein, Hopscotch - At the Coalface Podcast. Featured in At the Coalface Podcast (Boomplay)
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Education
MBA
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Physics
Wake Forest University
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