Isaiah Badua
Baton Rouge,Louisiana
Summary
A highly motivated and detail-oriented professional with a strong passion for leveraging data to enhance athlete and business performance. My business foundation, built through formal education, combined with continuous technical skill development in professional settings, enables me to assist in high-level strategic decision-making. I am trusted with complex problem-solving and highly skilled at applying data insights to create actionable solutions for both business and athlete performance challenges. Additionally, my ability to communicate effectively with executives, coaches, and managers combined with strong time-management skills highlights my proven capacity to navigate complex, multi-layered problems through analytics efficiently and effectively.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Performance Innovation & Analytics Grad Assistant
LSU Football
Baton Rouge, LA
06.2025 - Current
- Produced weekly analytics-driven gameplan reports to support coaches in game-plan installation and identifying opponent tendencies.
- Built football-specific websites and automated tools that increased efficiency in scouting, game-planning, and strategic preparation.
- Operated advanced performance technologies including Sportable, Trackman, eye-tracking systems, and VR headsets to enhance player development and game preparation.
- Developed personalized, opponent-specific reports for coaches, analysts, and players to provide competitive advantages and strengthen scouting accuracy.
Strategy and Analytics Grad Assistant
LSU Athletic Department
Baton Rouge, LA
06.2024 - Current
- Led the growth, development, and integration of undergraduate interns into the analytics team, accelerating their technical skill development and increasing overall team productivity.
- Expanded the use of analytics across LSU Athletics by developing automation tools and user-friendly websites that enhanced decision-making for multiple departments and teams.
- Built a fully functional Men’s Basketball analytics platform used by the GM and Head Coach for roster construction, NIL strategy, and game-planning support.
- Role created and offered to leverage and expand upon accomplishments achieved in undergraduate position, driving further innovation and efficiency.
Strategy and Analytics Intern
LSU Athletic Department
Baton Rouge, LA
06.2022 - 05.2024
- Use Tableau, Microsoft Excel, and R primarily to interpret, visualize, and produce reports that are for the use of the athletic department or individual sport teams.
- Work directly with coaches and staff to use a mix of public and in-house data to identify trends, develop game strategies, and help athletes improve deficiencies.
- Work directly with ticketing, sales, and marketing departments to visualize consumer trends, develop business strategies, and overall maximize profits and business efficiency.
- Assist in the evaluation and development of growth strategies for all athletic department revenue-generating operations, such as Fanatics, SeatGeek, The Brand, Aramark, and our athlete-alumni association.
Field Director
Traction Sports and Perfect Game
Baton Rouge, LA
04.2022 - 07.2022
- Use Traction and Perfect Game technology to record each play and pitch for youth baseball games ages seven to sixteen years old.
- Work directly with umpires to manage game flow making sure games last less than 1 hour 40 minutes and ensuring rules are followed.
- While recording data I also help coaches and players with any questions regarding the game, app, or procedures in place.
Game Day Operations Intern
Geaux Team LSU
Baton Rouge, LA
08.2020 - 05.2021
- Worked every home LSU football game in guest service, setup, cleanup, and general assistance role.
- Served as a member of the tarp team for over 10 home baseball games while working guest service when not needed.
- Performed guest service and assistant roles during several home LSU beach volleyball, gymnastics, softball, women's and men's basketball, tennis, and soccer matches.
- While working this position amidst the pandemic, I ensured guests were following necessary health and safety protocols.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Sports Commerce
Louisiana State University (LSU)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana05.2024
MBA - Analytics
Louisiana State University (LSU)
Baton Rouge, LA05-2026
Skills
- Creative Problem-Solving
- Business Growth Strategy
- Professional Communication
- Organization and Time Management
- Mentorship and Training
- Website Development
- Complex Data Comprehension
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Data Visualization
- Advanced Data Mining
- Statistical and Predictive Modeling
- Artificial Intelligence and Automation
Technical Expertise
Programming Languages
- Python
- JavaScript
- Java
- SQL
- R
- M Coding
- HTML/CSS
Analytics & BI Tools
- Tableau
- JMP • Excel (Advanced)
- Power Query
- Google Workspace
- Salesforce
Frameworks & Libraries
- Flask
- Pandas
- NumPy
- Selenium
- Chart.js
Sports Technology
- Kinexon
- Sportable
- Trackman
- DEXA Smartabase
- Cognalyze (VR)
Timeline
Performance Innovation & Analytics Grad Assistant
LSU Football
06.2025 - Current
Strategy and Analytics Grad Assistant
LSU Athletic Department
06.2024 - Current
Strategy and Analytics Intern
LSU Athletic Department
06.2022 - 05.2024
Field Director
Traction Sports and Perfect Game
04.2022 - 07.2022
Game Day Operations Intern
Geaux Team LSU
08.2020 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Science - Sports Commerce
Louisiana State University (LSU)
MBA - Analytics
Louisiana State University (LSU)