Product Leader · Fintech & AI
Kelly
Barbeau
10+ years building financial products at the intersection of AI, automation, and lending. Currently Director of Product at Kiavi.
Product Leader · Fintech & AI
10+ years building financial products at the intersection of AI, automation, and lending. Currently Director of Product at Kiavi.
About
I've spent the last decade building financial products, mostly in lending. The work I like best is taking something slow and manual and figuring out how AI or automation can make it feel effortless. I came up as a software engineer, so I'm happiest when I'm close to the technical details.
At Kiavi, I lead a team of PMs and own the roadmap for rebuilding our origination system as an AI-first underwriting platform. I also spend a lot of time helping other teams figure out where AI actually fits into their workflows.
Off the clock, I'm a mom, a wife, and a chronic over-planner of vacations. Winters are for chairlifts, the rest of the year is mostly national parks, and I write about it all here.