Daniel Hunter Klein

About Daniel Hunter Klein

With extensive experience spanning strategy, operations, and data governance, I currently serve as Director of Enterprise Data Management at Crown Castle, one of the nation’s largest providers of shared wireless infrastructure.I excel at breaking down complexity into actionable steps while maintaining a relentless focus on driving business value. Whether zooming in to execute work at the ground level or zooming out to craft long-term strategies, I bridge the gap between vision and execution to deliver outcomes that matter.Over the past 16 years, I’ve led performance improvement initiatives that drove out over $500M in costs through organizational redesigns, technology rationalization, and vendor management. I’ve also implemented and scaled new data governance frameworks, tools, and processes—accelerating our data maturity journey by 10x and enabling advanced analytics and AI readiness across the enterprise.I’m looking to engage in opportunities that involve innovation and technology strategy leadership, supporting startups and serving on boards of directors, and advancing best practices in data management to help organizations unlock the full potential of their data assets.

Experience

1. Director of Enterprise Data Management

   Crown Castle

   Jan 2025 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Data-Driven Planning: Lead a team of 9 analysts to identify and implement actionable data strategiesthat improve allocation of our $1B/yr construction & maintenance budget for the tower sites and route miles of fiber- Strategic Business Planning: Driving collaboration across Operations, Engineering, IT, and Finance tolaunch the company\'s first integrated digital roadmap, reducing planning cycle times by 50% andincorporating emerging technology- Program Management & System Architecture: Managing the modernization of our enterprise datagovernance platform to deliver $2M/yr in savings and improve capabilities in GenAI, workflow automation, and automated data retention enforcement- Corporate Divestiture Management: Spearheading a critical divestiture workstream responsible forseparating, masking, and extracting data from over 50 corporate applications for our two buyers,delivering on-time and 50% below budget- Contract & Procurement Strategy: Directing the commercial strategy and contract administration forthe data management software (AWS, Snowflake, Informatica, Databricks, and Microsoft) andprofessional service vendors, yielding a $2M/yr savings.

Education

• Duke University

  BSE, Biomedical and Electrical Engineering