Tony B.

Business Intelligence Leader | Translating Strategy Into Action | Driving Cross‑Functional Alignment, Friction Reduction & Data‑Driven Decision Making

United States

About

Accomplished data analytics and business intelligence leader with 15 years of experience delivering high‑impact reporting and insights across Power BI, Tableau, and Spotfire. I bring a strong blend of technical depth and organizational leadership, having guided onshore, nearshore, and offshore teams while partnering closely with VPs, C‑suite leaders, and Board members. My strength lies in translating complex strategy into clear, actionable priorities for teams; creating the connective tissue that ensures alignment, clarity, and forward momentum. I reduce organizational friction by driving cross‑functional collaboration, establishing communication rhythms, and simplifying processes so teams can focus on execution and results. Known for strategic vision, operational excellence, and a commitment to continuous improvement, I serve as both a builder and a bridge: converting high‑level direction into meaningful outcomes, strengthening team performance, and elevating the organization's ability to make data‑driven decisions at scale.

Experience

  • Business Intelligence Manager at The Standard
    Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Translate executive strategy into clear BI priorities and roadmaps, enabling focused, aligned execution across teams and stakeholders. • Strengthen enterprise BI capability by establishing standardized skills assessment, upskilling pathways, and onboarding processes that elevate analytics expertise across the organization. • Lead major modernization efforts, including BI platform migrations and integration of analytics assets into governed Databricks, Unity Catalog, and Microsoft Fabric environments. • Build strong cross-functional alignment by clarifying roles, decision rights, intake expectations, and communication pathways, reducing friction and accelerating delivery. • Serve as a communication bridge between senior leadership, delivery teams, and external partners; ensuring transparency, shared understanding, and early risk visibility. • Champion continuous improvement and adaptability, improving BI quality, self-service capabilities, and governance while coaching teams through evolving technologies and operating models. • Simplify reporting ecosystems by streamlining processes, expanding automation, and delivering trustworthy KPIs and insights that support data-driven decision-making. • Preserve and steward institutional knowledge, ensuring reporting aligns with both formal business processes and real-world operational context. • Engage VPs and executives with clear, contextualized analytics, influencing decisions and reinforcing BI’s role as a strategic enabler. • Develop empowered, autonomous teams aligned with the organization’s next operating model; strengthening ownership, collaboration, and delivery impact.

  • Data Manager at Express Employment International
    Oct 2019 - Dec 2024 · 5 yrs 3 mos

    • Introduced Azure Event Hubs, Data Lake Storage, Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse SQL for consolidating 700 SQL servers and IBM Power systems databases. • Migrated from Azure Synapse to Databricks Serverless SQL, reducing costs by 50%. • Developed an enterprise business intelligence model using Power BI. • Managed environment security, workspaces, deployment pipelines, report publishing, and training. • Mentored and managed a diverse team of 10 remote employees and consultants for data/analytics engineering and business intelligence . • Increased data accuracy to 97% and reduced ETL processing time by 60%. • Customized Power BI solutions, boosting active user engagement to 1,500 weekly users from 30 monthly users.

  • Business Intelligence Engineer at Addison Group
    Feb 2019 - Sep 2019 · 8 mos

    • Established a data-driven culture and upgraded Spotfire platform. • Led advanced analytics projects to drive business insights.

  • Senior Data Scientist at University of Oklahoma
    Oct 2017 - Feb 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Conducted statistical analyses, built reporting tools, and communicated data findings to stakeholders. • Optimized a $385 million budget through data analysis and exceeded the goal of 90% for freshman student retention rate.

  • Data Engineer at Canaan Resource Partners
    Nov 2015 - Oct 2017 · 2 yrs

    • Integrated diverse data sources into comprehensive geology, reservoir, completion, and production models for reporting. • Utilized data-driven maps for exploration and acquisition efforts.