Taylor Courtnay

Taylor is a Managing Director in the Data and Analytics practice at Protiviti. He is also a member of the Global Account Management team. He joined Protiviti via the acquisition of Decision First Technologies in November 2015, where he was the company’s co-founder responsible for all company Revenue, Marketing, Customer Relations, and Vendor Management. He started his analytics career as Director of Revenue for the business information management practice at Technology Builders, Inc. (TBI), that would later spin-off to become Decision First Technologies in 2001. Under Taylor’s leadership, DFT received the prestigious Partner of the Year award 7 times under both BusinessObjects and SAP. He has also received several individual awards from BusinessObjects and SAP, as well as many other industry awards. Taylor has presented at several industry analyst events, user groups, webinars, and conferences.

• Over 20 years of executive leadership and client account management experience. Proven track record of developing and implementing multiple technology solutions across a variety of industries and lines of business. These solutions included large enterprise data management, targeted departmental LOB, and real time data solutions - most of which included significant data integration, data cleansing/quality, reporting, analytics, dashboards, and/or visualizations solutions deployed locally or in a cloud environment. • Developed and executed a highly integrated partner channel model with several enterprise software/services vendors. This GTM model integrated field sales teams from both companies allowing for partner software resell while retaining comp/quota neutrality with the software vendor. This “win win” business model drove the license resell and influence revenue that allowed his company to win the coveted Partner of the Year award 7 times with BusinessObjects and SAP.

• Acted as both the CEO and VP of Revenue while at DFT. Co–managed a team of 100+ employees since the inception of the company in 2001. Shared many operational responsibilities such HR, marketing, and support. Created a teaming atmosphere that lead to awards for "Top Places to Work" and one of the lowest attrition rates in the industry.

Responsible for all company revenue, clients, and strategic partnerships. Also shared all company operational responsibilities (HR, Marketing, Finance, etc).