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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

The seam is a role Sep 2026 The seam is the risk Aug 2026 You bought Snowflake. Then Palantir showed up. Aug 2026 The Hard Part Was Teaching It Not to Help Aug 2026
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What I've been building over the last 13 weeks. As of Sep 7, 2026. See what I'm working on →

Jun 14–Sep 7. Relative scale, not counts.