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Bradley Cookson

Bradley Cookson

Data & Analytics Product Developer
Naperville,IL

Summary

Data and analytics professional with a proven track record of taking complex analytics products from concept to reality. Motivated to drive data-driven decision-making by creating highly intelligent and interactive products that transform an organization's performance.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Director, Visual Analytics Engineering

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
Chicago, IL
08.2022 - Current
  • Led a team of 15 data analysts and software engineers on the development of self-service reporting tools and data science products to drive data-driven decision making
  • Oversaw the development and maintenance of an enterprise audience development tool that accounted for $100M+ annual revenue from Walgreens' personalized advertising
  • Led the adoption and integration of a new analytics platform across Walgreen's business groups

Sr. Product Manager

Universal Music Group
Charlotte, NC
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Served as the product owner for a paid media reporting dashboard and the data science personalization engine for UMG's fan data platform
  • Created a unified product roadmap for a global marketing tech stack overhaul

Sr. Product Manager

Lowe's Companies, Inc
Charlotte, NC
10.2021 - 05.2022
  • Responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of a collection of reporting dashboards that provided rapid insights for promotional events and omnichannel customer journeys
  • Managed requirements gathering, roadmap development, testing, training, and deployment for marketing analytics products

Sr. Data Scientist

Lowe's Companies, Inc
Charlotte, NC
08.2019 - 10.2021
  • Served as product development and UI lead on an enterprise assortment optimization initiative. This required the development of a suite of applications for demand transfer modeling and store clustering to improve product selection across Lowe's locations

Data Scientist

Lowe's Companies, Inc
Charlotte, NC
07.2017 - 08.2019
  • Created predictive models, reporting, and data pipelines for personalized email campaigns and other high-impact marketing initiatives. These campaigns were sent to 200K+ customers per day and were responsible for $400K+ in weekly revenue

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science (Interactive Intelligence)

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
08.2018 - Current

Bachelor of Science Business Administration - Economics

Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
08.2008 - 2012.07

Skills

Business Intelligence

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Software

SQL

Power BI

Python

Javascript

Databricks

JIRA

Microsoft Azure

Hadoop

Timeline

Director, Visual Analytics Engineering

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
08.2022 - Current

Sr. Product Manager

Universal Music Group
05.2022 - 08.2022

Sr. Product Manager

Lowe's Companies, Inc
10.2021 - 05.2022

Sr. Data Scientist

Lowe's Companies, Inc
08.2019 - 10.2021

Master of Science - Computer Science (Interactive Intelligence)

Georgia Institute of Technology
08.2018 - Current

Data Scientist

Lowe's Companies, Inc
07.2017 - 08.2019

Bachelor of Science Business Administration - Economics

Appalachian State University
08.2008 - 2012.07
Bradley CooksonData & Analytics Product Developer