Stuart Whalley

About Stuart Whalley

I am an executive data leader with 14+ years of hands-on experience building scalable analytics platforms and leading high-performing teams. I have a proven ability to define and execute data strategy within product and engineering - delivering high-impact solutions, driving innovation, building strong teams, and shaping organizations. Finally, I am an experienced member of executive leadership teams, contributing to company-wide strategy, OKR development, and mission/vision alignment alongside C-level stakeholders.

Experience

1. Director of Data

   Continuum Media

   Jun 2023 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Launched heavily impactful projects, such as variable internal commission rates and external automated reporting systems, generating ~$1MM in revenue and reducing 40% of weekly operations workload, respectively.Built and scaled a 3-person Data Science team from the ground up to deliver predictive campaign insights.Expanded and reorganized the 8-person BI/Data Engineering team, promoting 2 folks to managers, improving team velocity, and aligning with product vision.Redesigned company-wide recruiting strategy by establishing agency partnerships, eliminating manual resume screening, and improving hiring efficiency across all departments.Championed enterprise adoption of AI-powered development tools, implementing quarterly feedback loops to measure productivity gains and overcome adoption resistance through strategic communication and best practice sharing.Created Kanban-style, collaborative agile workflows, including ceremonies such as retros, refinements, standups, and eliminated silos across BI and DS teams.Implemented team-level KPIs via Trello API and Tableau for workboard and productivity velocity tracking.Balanced roadmap delivery with long-term tech debt reduction (e.g, IaC, code modularity, automated testing).

Education

• University of Michigan

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics and German

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Public Finance
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Econometrics
• Process Improvement
• Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server
• Microsoft Office
• Management
• Leadership Development
• Microsoft Outlook
• Leadership
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Call Centers
• Forecasting
• Energy Economics
• Variance Analysis
• Project Management
• Customer Service
• Stata
• Microeconomics
• Visual Basic for Applications (Vba)
• Training
• Microsoft Word
• Analysis
• German
• Economic Statistics
• Presentation Skills
• Budget Forecasts
• Quantitative Analytics
• Strategic Planning
• Workforce Planning
• Sql
• Analytics
• Natural Resource Economics