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Data and AI Executive

Data and AI leadership that turns investment into outcomes.

I'm an enterprise data and AI executive with 20 years of experience building the platforms, teams, and operating models that take AI from pilot to production and connect it to the decisions that move the business.

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Scope

20+
Years in enterprise data leadership
~$10M
Annual operating budget managed
$75M+
Demand surfaced by production AI products
$25M+
Platform-enabled revenue impact
$3M+
Incremental ARR from embedded analytics
4,000
Employees enabled to experiment with AI safely

Figures reflect career totals across SharkNinja, Bonterra, Cole Haan, and earlier enterprise engagements.

Recent Insights

A Roadmap Compounds. A Pilot Resets. Jul 2026 Hands Went Abundant. Judgment Stayed Scarce. Jul 2026 Venture Kills Its Losers. Your Org Can't. Jul 2026 An agent that acts needs an undo. Jun 2026
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A relative pulse of what I've been building over the last 14 weeks. As of Jul 27, 2026. See what I'm working on →