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Daniel Capizzi

Washington,D

Summary

Senior Director overseeing Data Engineering and Data Visualization in the hospitality industry, leading a team of 9 to design and maintain enterprise data architecture, analytics strategy, and executive reporting. Specializes in building data architecture and data products in AWS and Tableau supporting analytics teams, internal analysts, and global franchisees.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Director, Data Engineering and Data Visualization

Choice Hotels International
07.2021 - Current
  • Lead enterprise-wide data engineering, analytics infrastructure, and visualization.
  • Manage a team of 9 delivering cloud-based capabilities in AWS and reporting in Tableau.
  • Responsibilities include data strategy, governance, cloud migration planning, data integration architecture, dashboard design, stakeholder alignment, and prioritization of analytics initiatives.

Key Projects

  • Oversaw project to implement autobot to automatically code sales business opportunities for sales teams.
  • Oversaw an enterprise project to rebuild critical loyalty reports in Data Analytics Platform, replacing a custom PowerBI script with fully automated and documented code-based solution, fully compliant with audit controls.
  • Led data requirements for release key new loyalty features, such as dynamic loyalty pricing, CDP implementation, and a refresh and migration to a new loyalty system.
  • Acted as Product Owner on an IT project to integrate Tableau reporting directly into our franchisee portal to enable advanced visualizations for franchisees and owners.
  • Sit on AI Governance Committee, supporting decisions on driving AI adoption and supporting governance initiatives.

Director, Data Visualization

Choice Hotels International
07.2018 - 08.2021
  • Led a 5-person team owning enterprise dashboards, interactive reporting, and new data products for executives and franchisees.
  • Directed requirements design and data validation for AWS migration.

Manager, Data Visualization

Choice Hotels International
03.2015 - 07.2018
  • Managed analytics development for executives, internal teams, and franchisees.
  • Built dashboards and BI reporting adopted across multiple functional areas.

Key Projects

  • Acted as Product Owner on an IT project to integrate Tableau reporting directly into our franchisee portal to enable advanced visualizations for franchisees and owners.
  • Built fully architected on-the-books report using raw booking data and ETLs which provided automated ramp curves to all Revenue Managers in Tableau, replacing legacy PowerBI report.
  • Fully automated manual "ramp up" reporting into a Tableau dashboard, saving 2–3 days' time each month.

Senior Consultant

Deloitte Consulting
07.2012 - 02.2015
  • Managed client engagements in strategic market analysis and business case development.
  • Delivered VP and CXO presentations and SQL-based reporting.
  • Developed expertise in enterprise reporting, data engineering, Tableau, and SQL.
  • Supported a project to define a best-in-class central analytics function in a major Federal client.
  • Built a custom project management application to support project management at a Federal law enforcement agency.
  • Analyzed a Federal P&L to support a client engagement around a potential re-org.

Consultant

Deloitte Consulting
07.2010 - 07.2012
  • Supported strategic planning and performance management engagements including research, requirements gathering, stakeholder facilitation, analytics, and developing methodologies for actionable recommendations.

Education

MBA - International Business

Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
Washington, DC
01.2010

BS - International Political Economy

Georgetown University
Washington, DC
01.2005

Skills

  • Data engineering
  • Data visualization
  • Cloud migration
  • AWS architecture
  • Tableau reporting
  • Analytics strategy
  • Stakeholder alignment
  • Dashboard design
  • Data governance
  • SQL reporting
  • Project management
  • Team leadership
  • Requirements gathering
  • Agile methodology
  • Data validation
  • Data storytelling
  • ETL processes
  • Data modeling
  • Big data analytics

Accomplishments

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• š—˜š—»š˜š—²š—æš—½š—æš—¶š˜€š—² š——š—®š˜š—® š—Ŗš—®š—æš—²š—µš—¼š˜‚š˜€š—² š— š—¶š—“š—æš—®š˜š—¶š—¼š—» (š—”š—Ŗš—¦ š—„š—²š—±š˜€š—µš—¶š—³š˜): Co-led a 5-year migration from legacy systems to AWS with IT support. Defined business and functional requirements across all data domains and customer groups, led teams validating each dataset, migrated or retired 500+ reports, and led training and change management for 100+ business users.

• š—˜š—»š˜š—²š—æš—½š—æš—¶š˜€š—² š—„š—²š—½š—¼š—æš˜š—¶š—»š—“ š—˜š—°š—¼š˜€š˜†š˜€š˜š—²š—ŗ š— š—®š—»š—®š—“š—²š—ŗš—²š—»š˜: Oversee an environment generating ~5,000 internal report views/day and ~2,000 hotel report views/day, supporting more than 1,000 internal employee and 30,000 franchise users.

• š—˜š˜…š—²š—°š˜‚š˜š—¶š˜ƒš—² š—¦š˜‚š—½š—½š—¼š—æš˜: Direct engagement with VPs daily and SVPs/CXOs monthly, delivering analytics for Revenue Management, Global Sales, Loyalty, Franchise Services, and Technology.

Timeline

Senior Director, Data Engineering and Data Visualization

Choice Hotels International
07.2021 - Current

Director, Data Visualization

Choice Hotels International
07.2018 - 08.2021

Manager, Data Visualization

Choice Hotels International
03.2015 - 07.2018

Senior Consultant

Deloitte Consulting
07.2012 - 02.2015

Consultant

Deloitte Consulting
07.2010 - 07.2012

MBA - International Business

Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

BS - International Political Economy

Georgetown University