Brandy Murray

About Brandy Murray

Data architect and analytics professional with 10+ years of experience turning vague business questions into scalable, production-ready data solutions. Over the past 1.5 years, I’ve effectively operated as a solutions architect for the State of Montana, designing and implementing Snowflake-based data platforms across multiple agencies and delivering presentations to stakeholders, in workshops, and to executives.​Recent work includes leading the architecture of data pipelines in Snowflake using tools such as Fivetran and CentralSquare, building Streamlit applications on top of Snowflake to replace manual Excel and Google Forms workflows, and partnering with new team members to extend and harden the patterns I designed initially. Earlier in my career, I led capacity planning analytics at Salesforce (Hyperforce) and ran a data analytics consultancy that delivered measurable revenue and efficiency gains for clients.​Strengths: cross-functional communication, requirements discovery, solution design, and hands-on implementation in SQL and Python. Comfortable working across AWS, Azure, and GCP, and collaborating with data engineers, product, and business leaders to define roadmaps, de-risk implementations, and deliver value quickly.

Experience

1. Chief Data Officer (Fractional) - Hands-on Product & Data Engineering

   Finology Software

   Feb 2024 — Present

   Build front- and back-end application components (React, CSS, and Python) for FinTech tools that help advisors analyze and manage complex federal student loan and repayment scenarios.​Design data flows and application behavior to support automated creation of client loan profiles, repayment plan scenarios, and progress tracking for programs such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness.​Collaborate directly with the founder and product stakeholders to translate advisory workflows into user interfaces and backend logic, iterating quickly based on feedback and performance.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Postgraduate Program, Data Science & Business Analytics

• Coding with Max

  Certificate, Data Science Boot Camp

• Montana State University-Bozeman

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance

• Maryville University of Saint Louis

  Master of Science - MS, Business Data Analytics

• Montana State University-Bozeman

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Economics

• thePower

  Global Program, Business Administration and Management, General

Skills

• Financial Reporting
• Financial Analysis
• Accounts Receivable
• Accounts Payable
• Accounting
• Research
• Budgets
• Finance
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Financial Accounting
• Forecasting
• Microsoft Excel
• Account Reconciliation
• Public Speaking
• Quickbooks