Commonwealth
Paula Grieco has a strong and diverse work experience spanning over several years. Paula started their career as a Business Development Manager at Charles River Development in 1990. Paula then moved on to Edgewater Consulting, where they held the position of Vice President of Business Development, Marketing, and Leadership Board. During their time at Edgewater, they played a crucial role in the company's rapid revenue growth. After that, Paula co-founded Etimes3, a business strategy and technology consulting firm, where they partnered with major corporations and start-ups to launch innovative technology solutions. In 2015, they founded Blue Wave Focus, where they advised start-ups, corporations, and entrepreneurs in achieving their visions and accelerating business growth. Most recently, Paula has become the Senior Vice President at Commonwealth, an organization focused on strengthening the financial opportunity and security of financially vulnerable individuals through innovation and systemic change. In this role, they are responsible for driving integrated messaging, strategic partnerships, and overseeing the emerging technology practice.
Paula Grieco earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Business and Computer Systems from Suffolk University. No specific start or end years were provided for this educational experience.
Commonwealth
Too many people in the U.S. today lack financial stability. Too many people are financially vulnerable. For people to pursue their full potential, we need more wealth – of opportunity, of tools, of financial assets – and we need that wealth to be more widespread. We aspire to accomplish that by building innovative solutions that make people financially secure. We collaborate with consumers, the financial services industry, policy makers, and mission-driven organizations to discover ideas, pilot solutions, and drive innovations to scale so wealth can become possible for everyone. We Work with Industry We understand broad change requires market players to act. We apply consumer insight and business acumen to build solutions that our industry partners scale. Our partners trust us to deliver solutions that are aligned with business objectives and good corporate citizenship, and are good for consumers. The solutions we build are grounded in real life, based on our deep understanding of people who are financially vulnerable and how businesses can best serve them. We envision a financial services marketplace that works for everyone. We are Policy Driven Policymakers trust us to deliver insights that are data-driven, bipartisan, practical and effective. Our policy work includes collaborating with government to find ways to eliminate regulatory barriers, to craft and protect policies that enable broad access to the financial system, and to deliver essential consumer tools at scale. We envision a financial system that works for everyone. We Work with the Social Sector We partner with other mission-driven organizations to understand consumers, pilot and test solutions, and pursue scale opportunities that deliver meaningful social impact. We envision a social sector engaged in building financial opportunity for everyone.