Colin Davis

About Colin Davis

I am a dynamic, forward-thinking and accomplished data science and analytics professional with 14 years of experience effectively utilizing technology to solve meaningful business problems, deliver innovative solutions and improve bottom-line results. I possess a unique blend of emotional intelligence, soft skills, business acumen, people leadership, and communication skills, with the ability to expertly bridge the communication gap between technology and other business areas.I excel at championing complex, end-to-end data strategy and analytics leadership across multiple data verticals and serve as an authentic and collaborative people manager with over eight years of experience building and leading high-performing teams, investing in staff to ensure optimal success and product delivery.Notable Accomplishments:Kiewit: Led a machine learning effort to predict safety incident rates and recommend strategic actions. This product received views within a year of launch and won the Safety Excellence Award from the General Contractors of America in 2022.Kiewit: Transformed a business intelligence environment that had very low trust in the quality and accuracy of data from internal stakeholders due to poor data architecture and unreliable reporting. Over a 12-month period, I led a team to completely rebuild the semantic data layer (> then 100 data objects) and rebuild over 30 top reporting solutions. Trust in the data went from 45% to 90% in this one-year period, and responsiveness of the reports improved by 90%.Ascend (NHA): Built the company’s first customer-facing machine learning solution called “NHA P360 Vitals”. This product helped customers understand which students needed additional remediation and made recommendations on where to focus studying efforts. Combined with customer facing dashboards, these solutions improved customer retention rates, drove new customer acquisition, generated a 35% increase in the number of customers purchasing a premium product bundle, and drove a compound annual growth rate of 18% over a 4-year period.Specialties: Data Strategy Data Science & Predictive Analytics Data Engineering & ETL SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, R Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Prompt Engineering Innovative Solutions Development Talent Identification & Leadership Executive Collaboration Data Visualization Storytelling through Data Machine Learning

Experience

1. Sr Director, Data Strategy

   Kiewit

   Jun 2024 — Present · Kansas City, MO, US

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  Exec Ed Data Strategy: Leveraging Data as Competitive Advantage.

  2023 — 2023

• The University of Kansas

  BS, Finance and Marketing

  2004 — 2008

• Rockhurst University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Data Science and Business Intelligence

  2014 — 2016

Skills

• Python
• Data Analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Machine Learning
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Sql Server
• R
• Internal Marketing
• Financial Analysis
• Transportation
• Leadership
• Forecasting
• Analytics
• Process Improvement
• Data Visualization
• Product Development
• Analysis
• Data Science
• Logistics Management
• Tableau
• Pricing