Hospitals and Health Care
Technology, Information and Media
Retail
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Todd Norris

Senior Data and analytics leader looking to help companies truly transform to optimize data insights

About Me

Senior data and analytics leader with 30+ years of experience helping organizations turn data into measurable operating results. Specializes in rapid assessment, pragmatic strategy, and executive enablement across data platforms, analytics, governance, and adoption. Trusted advisor to CEOs, CIOs, and business leaders—known for translating complex data challenges into clear roadmaps, executable priorities, and ROI-driven outcomes.

Jurisdiction

United States

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Global Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry PrincipalSquadron Data
Present

• Provided executive-level data strategy and analytics advisory for platform modernization initiatives • Developed ROI-aligned data and analytics roadmaps for CIOs and data leaders • Led a rapid 9-week engagement replacing a legacy data warehouse with Snowflake • Delivered executive briefings translating technical progress into business outcomes and risk clarity • Created Healthcare use cases for rapid AI delivery

Director-Level Data & Analytics Leadership Roles (Directed BI, Data Architecture, Strategic Platforms)Blue Cross of NC
Present

• Delivered $150M+ annual cost avoidance through advanced analytics and value-based performance reporting • Partnered with data science areas to implement several AI and advanced analytc use cases and a cloud-based MLOps process and platform • Established enterprise data governance and stewardship improving data quality and trust • Led large-scale data platform consolidation and modernization initiatives • Regular executive advisor on data investment prioritization and analytics adoption • Transitioned on premises Teradata platform and Hadoop datalake to single Snowflake platform on AWS

Senior Manager, Business Intelligence & AnalyticsLowe's companies
Present

Pioneered one of the first enterprise data warehouses in retail. Personally coded custom internal BI query tool allowing end users to build SQL from a GUI interface. Modernized to Microstrategy and Teradata as technology developed. Personally migrated CEO and direct reports from printed reports to online dashboards

Education

Degree of radio & TV broadcasting and business managementAppalachian State University
Present

Skills

Core skills0
Languages2

Languages

Swedish
English