David Morton
Seattle, WA | LinkedIn
Professional Profile
Strategic and visionary Data, Analytics, and AI Executive with 12+ years of progressive leadership
experience driving enterprise-wide data transformation across key business functions such as
finance, sales, marketing, supply chain, customer service, and product development. Adept at
defining and aligning data strategy with organizational growth and operations objectives,
establishing governance frameworks, and enabling high-trust data ecosystems that empower
decision-making and regulatory compliance. Demonstrated success designing multi-cloud architectures,
implementing enterprise data governance, and leading large cross-functional teams across data
engineering, analytics, and product management. Known for building scalable, secure, and compliant
data environments and teams that deliver measurable business impact and competitive advantage.
Core Competencies
- Data Strategy
- Data Management & Governance
- Data Architecture
- Cloud Data Platforms (Snowflake, Azure)
- Data Lifecycle Management
- Metadata & Data Quality Management
- Regulatory Compliance & Data Integrity
- Executive Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
- Cross-Functional Program Delivery
- AI & Machine Learning Integration
- Business Intelligence (Tableau, Power BI)
- Data (ETL/ELT) Engineering & Optimization
- Product Management & Agile Delivery
Experience
Head of Enterprise Data & Analytics
- Built and scaled a multi-cloud enterprise data platform that unified 15+ data sources,
supported 700 active users, and delivered 200+ data products, enabling actionable insights
and a 600% faster analytical model refresh rate.
- Established and led a data and analytics organization of 16 professionals, aligning team
performance with business goals, managing vendor relationships, and maintaining less than 5%
variance on a $5M annual budget.
- Evolved team structure to data product management, ensuring 100% of work delivered aligns to
organizational strategy goals.
- Instituted an enterprise-wide data governance framework encompassing data quality, security,
cataloging, and stewardship.
- Spearheaded a complete Data Strategy that included interviews of 27 business executives and
established a detailed roadmap to achieve target maturity.
- Sponsored the expansion of Machine Learning capabilities into product development processes
and advocated for responsible AI governance.
- Fostered a culture of trust, accountability, innovation, and fun, resulting in a 4.8/5.0
score on company culture surveys.
Enterprise Data Architect / Head of Data Science
- Built and operationalized a data science framework that introduced machine learning use
cases and prioritized analytics delivery.
- Led the implementation of TOGAF-based enterprise architecture practices for all IT efforts.
- Served as data architect for the Oracle Fusion ERP migration, designing a scalable
architecture integrating Exadata and Hadoop.
- Directed an analytics team of 11 professionals with a $2M annual budget, delivering
real-time data capabilities on Microsoft Azure.
Management Consultant
- Delivered 11 enterprise-scale engagements across industries, ranging from ERP Integration to
Data & Analytics Strategy.
- Founded and developed a Data & Analytics Center of Excellence (COE) that advanced firm-wide
capabilities.
- Mentored and coached 17 consultants in business intelligence and data analysis best
practices.
Technology Consultant / Software Engineer
- Directed multi-phase technology transformation projects, integrating software engineering,
data analysis, and program management.
- Designed, developed, and tested software engineering solutions across trading desks at Tier
1 banks and regulated energy trading systems.
Education
- BBA: Business Administration - The University of Texas, McCombs School of
Business (2002)