Biography

Retired leader of the university's central analytics team, serving both the central administrative offices and the academic units with common visualization tools showing key planning and decision-making information.  Strong advocate for campus evolution in thinking from looking at simple reports of metrics to viewing more advanced analytics that deliver actionable intelligence.

Now serving as a consultant on analytics projects for UB's School of Management.

* 25+ years of higher education experience (research, faculty, data, planning roles)
* Highly developed ability to convert large disparate datasets into actionable intelligence
* Expert information management skills (mining, warehousing, analytics, visualization)
* Over 20 years of custom database design & development, linking large disparate datasets
* Presenter & strong advocate on increased implementation of analytics in higher education