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Will Shelley

@willshelley

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Enterprise analytics and AI transformation leader driving ML products and data-driven decisions.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior analytics or AI leadership role where I can drive enterprise AI strategy, build high-performing teams, deliver measurable ROI, and foster cross-functional adoption.

I am an enterprise analytics and AI transformation leader with 20+ years of professional experience, blending hands-on coding with strategic leadership to drive measurable business outcomes.

I have led analytics and AI strategy for large, complex organizations—owning P&L-accountable analytics investments, deploying LLM-powered products, and building ensemble forecasting systems that improved forecast accuracy and delivered documented savings.

I've built and scaled high-performing teams and platforms across cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), implemented data governance and CI/CD pipelines, and translated complex data into decision frameworks trusted by C-suite stakeholders.

I prioritize practical adoption and cross-functional collaboration, designing analytics products—from customer segmentation and dynamic pricing to interaction analysis platforms—that reduce costs, increase revenue, and embed data-driven culture into operations.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Director of Analytics

UnumGroup

Jan 2023 - Jan 2026 (3 years)

Led enterprise analytics and AI transformation for a $12B organization, deploying an LLM-powered interaction analysis platform that reduced support inquiry volume by 30% and launched an ensemble forecasting model that improved forecast accuracy by 3% yielding $543K annual savings.

LLM Agentic AI Prompt Engineering Python AWS Data Governance

Senior Manager II

Walmart Inc.

Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 (1 year)

Directed analytics for apparel merchandising across 4,000+ stores, influencing $15B+ in annual sales decisions, improving inventory performance by 12% and architecting a GCP/BigQuery pipeline processing 50M+ daily transactions that reduced infrastructure costs by $1M annually.

GCP BigQuery XGBoost Customer Segmentation Python SQL Segmentation Tableau

Applied Economist

Shaw Industries

Jan 2019 - Jan 2022 (3 years)

Built and led an analytics team at an $8B manufacturer, developing macroeconomic forecasting models that improved forecast accuracy by 35% and delivered $24M in inventory optimization while launching recommendation engines that achieved an 84% acceptance rate.

Python SQL

Analytics Specialist

McKee Foods Corporation

Jan 2016 - Jan 2019 (3 years)

Delivered enterprise analytics infrastructure and decision-support tools across manufacturing and sales, implementing an EHS platform and building automated ETL pipelines, econometric purchase-behavior models, and Power BI dashboards for executive visibility.

ETL Econometrics Power BI Data Integration EHS Platform Implementation SQL Python Stakeholder Management

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Georgia

Master of Science, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Completed a Master of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics, focusing on econometric and forecasting methods applied to industry decision-making.

Georgia Southwestern State University

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration – Management

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Management, developing foundations in business operations and leadership.