John Steinmetz
Data LeaderJohn Steinmetz
- Prairieville, LA 70769
- 512.592.1103
- johnsteinmetz
Technologies
AWS
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80
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Snowflake
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90
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GCP
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70
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ETL - Fivetran, Stitch, etc
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90
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BI: Looker, Thoughtspot, Mode, Tableau
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90
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Python
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70
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Generative AI - Prompt Engineering
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70
%
Custom Data Visualization
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90
%
Business Mgmt
Stakeholder Mgmt
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90
%
OKR / KPI Development
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90
%
Emerging Technology
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80
%
Cross Team Collaboration
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90
%
Business Value
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100
%
Risk Mgmt
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90
%
People Mgmt
Hiring
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90
%
Conflict Resolution
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80
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Strategic Forecasting
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90
%
Mentorship & Growth
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80
%
Hello, I'm John Steinmetz, a dedicated professional in the realm of Data & Analytics. With a resolute goal of cultivating and empowering high-performing data teams, my journey has been defined by transformative experiences.
Data is my passion, but people are my purpose.As the former founder and leader of the Data team at Shiftkey, I orchestrated the remarkable journey from inception to over 25 accomplished members. My expertise extends to data quality enhancement, ensuring robust data availability, and refining data streams for optimal business utility. My background seamlessly blends Product, Engineering, and Data, giving me a holistic perspective on strategic operations. One of my notable achievements lies in successful P&L management and strategic capitalization, a feat that elevated our valuation from 100 million to an impressive 2.2 billion dollars. I take pride in architecting modern data stacks that resonate with the contemporary technological landscape. I am eagerly poised to channel my skills and experience into further transformative endeavors, driving both personal and team growth.
Leadership
- Build, serve, and manage technical/data teams (5-50+ people)
- Global team management (India, Poland, Ukraine, United States)
- <1% attrition rate for team members in the last 10 years
Technical Architecture
- Design and Build data infrastructure for small, mid and enterprise companies
- Serial cost-cutter while still expanding service offerings
Artifical Intelligence / Machine Learning
- Knowledge of LLMs and business impact
- Experience in good data practices to support and enable various Data Science tasks
- Experience in data pipelines that incorporate smart services
- Experience in ChatGPT, Google Bard and prompt engineering
Administrative
- Saved over 2.2M in contract negotiations over the last 5 years
- Experience in rationalizing Build vs Buy for Data tooling
- People management: Resolving conflicts effectively
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
VP of Data & Analytics
ShiftKey ( Dallas, TX ) 2021 - 2023
Founded the Data team as employee #1 in that group
Achievements
- Grew the team to 25+
- Enabled robust data analytics pipeline
- Helped to grow valuation from 100M to 2B+
- Launched suite of customer APIs (reducing churn and increasing revenue)
- Established initial governance and security policy
- Insights on product features and internal productivity
- Company OKR platform with 95% automated KPIs
CTO
Convo ( Austin, TX ) 2019 - 2021
Built a solid technical team in Data and Engineering
Built a solid product team
Managed the IT and infrastructure team
Achievements
- Reduced technical spending by 53%
- Supported profit growth of +428% YoY
- Support transition of 50% additional new "At-Home" program users (Quick COVID response)
- Supported 70% increase in minutes (scalability)
- Implemented new AI scheduling platform, increasing efficiency by over 50%
Sr. Product Manager, Traveler Search and Geo Platform
HomeAway (Expedia) ( Austin, TX ) -
Working with the incredible engineering and analytics teams at HomeAway, I was responsible for accelerating the growth, stability and innovation of the geo search platform.
Achievements
- Multiple features leading to over 1.5M in revenue
VP of Data
Gallo Mechanical ( New Orleans, LA ) 2023 - Present
Building out data capabilities at Gallo. Enterprise level architecture, data availability and more.
Key Achievements
- Ingested data from multiple sources (ERP, Operational data, fleet management, etc)
- Built out Data warehouse via Snowflake on AWS
- Built out BI via Thoughtspot
Sr. Product Manager - Analytics
Bazaarvoice ( Austin, TX ) -
Turning 700M users into a marketable data asset.
Redefining CGC analytics in one of the biggest networks on the planet.
Managed the talented Data Science and Analytic development teams at Bazaarvoice and also managed the bDAP event collection and processing architecture that powers the BV network. Building out solutions with Hadoop, Hbase, Cloudera Manager, Kafka, and more.
Achievements
- Significantly increased the volume and quality of coverage of clients in the IR 100.
- Added new methods (tag managers, internal scripting) to help streamline implementation process.
- Implemented Bazaarvoice cookie management security policies.
- Doubled the volume of Bazaarvoice network analytics data (impression & conversion) within 14 months.
Education
Graphic Design
University of New Orleans ( New Orleans, LA ) 2001 - 2005
Minor in Psychology and Sociology
Hobbies
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Sports Card Collecting -
Autism Awareness -
Jeeps