Daniel Smith
Head Of Innovation, Founder
Addison, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Smith is a data-driven technology leader and founder with 11 years of experience helping organizations turn cloud and analytics investments into competitive advantage. As Head of Innovation at Theory Lane and former Director of Data Science and Innovation, he architects end-to-end data platforms and has led teams to scale analytics capabilities across Fortune 200 and Forbes Global 2000 clients. A Certified Google Cloud Architect and Data Engineer, he blends hands-on engineering (Spark, Python, R, GCP/Azure) with product and stakeholder leadership, growing teams 500% and delivering 100+ use cases. He also coaches executives as a fractional CTO to bridge the gap between business strategy and technical execution, and contributes thought leadership through the Institute of Management Accountants. Notably, he pairs practical automation—reducing reporting and evaluation times by orders of magnitude—with a talent for aligning culture and capabilities for digital transformation.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Business Accounting, MBA Business Accounting at Coastal Carolina University
sql, sas, r, python, php, html, css, postgresql, mysql, hive, javascript, pig, mapreduce
Github Skills (31)
python10
data-science10
scikit10
statistics10
machine-learning10
scikit-learn10
data-analysis10
xbrl6
sec6
plumber4
data-storage3
version-control3
storage2
scripting2
thesaurus2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
thedanindanger/xbrl_automation_R
Apr 2017 - Jan 2019
Using Plumber and XBRL Libraries to automatically pull SEC filings and display online
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 7 pushes in 1 year 8 months
xbrlfilingssecplumber
thedanindanger/stream-repo
Feb 2019 - Nov 2020
Collection of small project used in stream demos. Twitch link: https://www.twitch.tv/thedanindanger/
Contributions:15 PRs, 31 pushes, 12 branches in 1 year 9 months
picture-in-picturesmall-projectstreamingtwitch-tvtwitch
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