William Wright

Strategic Business Intelligence (BI) Leader

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About

Highly strategic and results-oriented Business Intelligence (BI) leader with over 10 years of experience in scaling analytics teams and architecting innovative data solutions. Proven ability to transform complex data into actionable insights, driving transformative business growth and significantly enhancing organizational performance. Adept at leading data quality initiatives, optimizing workflows, and empowering stakeholders with crucial data access to accelerate success.

Work Experience

Business Intelligence Manager

MarineMax

Nov 2022 - Present

As Business Intelligence Manager, William led enterprise-wide data strategies and organizational data quality programs, significantly enhancing performance and executive confidence across a network of 90+ applications and 1,700+ users.

  • Developed and implemented enterprise-wide data strategies aligned with organizational goals, enhancing performance across a network of 90+ applications serving 1,700+ users.
  • Initiated and led an organizational data quality program, reducing anomalies by 80% and significantly enhancing executive confidence in analytics reporting.
  • Mentored and developed analysts into high-performing project leaders, boosting team productivity and supporting succession planning initiatives.

Sr Business Intelligence Developer

MarineMax

Jul 2018 - Nov 2022

As Sr Business Intelligence Developer, William migrated legacy BI infrastructure to modern cloud solutions, enhancing performance and reliability, and enabling a $3 billion revenue-generating acquisition through scalable reporting tools.

  • Migrated legacy BI infrastructure to a modern cloud-based solution, enhancing performance and reliability while eliminating over 2,000 redundant workflows.
  • Enabled a $3 billion revenue-generating acquisition by designing and implementing scalable reporting tools that integrated disparate systems.
  • Optimized and streamlined ETL workflows, reducing data processing times by 60% and significantly improving data availability.

Business Intelligence Developer

MarineMax

Jun 2015 - Jul 2018

As Business Intelligence Developer, William modernized reporting frameworks and engineered sophisticated data models to support crucial data access, contributing to 15.7% annual sales revenue growth.

  • Modernized reporting frameworks by introducing self-service dashboards, providing stakeholders with access to crucial data and supporting 15.7% annual sales revenue growth.
  • Engineered sophisticated data models to optimize storage efficiency, accelerate data retrieval, and improve reporting accuracy, establishing a single source of truth.
  • Delivered engaging data literacy workshops, achieving 92% BI platform adoption within six months post-launch.

Business Analyst

Mortgage Contracting Services

Jun 2012 - Jun 2015

As Business Analyst, William provided critical analytical support through recurring and ad-hoc reports to enhance performance analysis and ensure compliance monitoring for the organization.

  • Delivered recurring and ad-hoc reports, providing crucial data for performance analysis and compliance monitoring.
  • Collaborated with analysts and business leaders to meticulously gather and document comprehensive reporting requirements, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.

Education

Economics

University of Alabama

Jan 2006 - Jan 2010

Skills

Technical Skills

  • Qlik
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • Looker
  • Snowflake
  • BigQuery
  • Databricks
  • Talend
  • Attunity
  • Data Transfer
  • Data Gateway
  • dbt Labs
  • SQL
  • Python
  • R
  • Qlik Script
  • DAX
  • Qlik AutoML
  • DataRobot
  • Qlik Application Automation
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude

Operational Skills

  • Cross Functional Collaboration
  • Executive Reporting
  • Data Storytelling
  • Cloud Migration
  • Data Governance
  • Data Modeling
  • ETL Workflow Automation
  • Application Development
  • Agile Methodology
  • Team Mentorship
  • BI Roadmap Development