Carmen Payne – Vice President of Product Development
Currently serving as Vice President of Product Development at Nouveau Riche, Carmen Payne is an ambitious and results-oriented professional offering over 20 years of diverse experience in project research, planning, execution, and success. Driven by a spirit of excellence, Ms. Payne’s track record extends to mature companies, startups, and restructures alike. Armed with a broad-based competence, strong reasoning ability, and a knack for quickly establishing rapport, she is experienced in both the public and private sectors from marketing to construction management to business administration. In her first “real” job, Ms. Payne was the youngest and most lauded property manager of a savings and loan company where she managed a portfolio of over $30 million in commercial, residential, and raw land properties. Welcomed to the Nouveau Riche team in May 2003, she has served in various capacities and quickly rose to her current position of Vice President of Product Development. Her strong data handling, communication, and people skills allow her to multi-task various responsibilities and interface with cross-functional teams as she spearheads production control methods that ensure the product quality of the Nouveau Riche educational experience. Personally interviewing and selecting the Nouveau Riche Academy Instructors, she coordinates the content development for both the R2E2™ home-study products and each college course. A decision-maker with a keen ability to think on her feet, Ms. Payne’s focus is customer satisfaction. She’s adept at working in high-pressure environments and attributes her success to being an effective controls manager who is able to set a target, measure performance, and take corrective action to ensure goal attainment. Her guiding principles are integrity, perseverance, and a belief that you can achieve whatever you set your mind and heart to. Ms. Payne is currently attending the University of Phoenix working on her B.S. Business Administration degree.
