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- Databases
- Data Analysis
- DB2
- Sybase
- Informix
Head of Data and Analytics Leader Teaches Data Strategy, Analytics, Storytelling, and the Data Warrior Method
- Databases
- Data Analysis
- DB2
- Sybase
- Informix
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About Randy
I am a senior data and analytics leader with 20+ years of experience in data architecture, analytics, BI, and data strategy across retail, healthcare, and enterprise environments. I teach using my Data Warrior Method, a practical framework inspired by my book project, The Data Warrior, which helps students learn how to think strategically, work confidently with data, and turn insights into action. My lessons combine real-world business experience with hands-on analytics, storytelling, and leadership-minded problem solving.
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Course Description
Unleashing and Unlocking Your Data Warrior is a practical course for students, professionals, analysts, and business leaders who want to move beyond basic reporting and learn how to use data with strategy, confidence, and impact.
This course teaches you how to think like a Data Warrior: how to understand business problems, organize messy information, find useful patterns, communicate insights clearly, and turn analysis into decisions. Drawing on real-world leadership experience and concepts from my book, The Data Warrior, this course blends analytics, strategy, storytelling, and business thinking into one structured learning journey.
This is not just a software lesson. It is a mindset and capability course designed to help you become sharper, more credible, and more effective with data.
Lesson Plan
Here is a full course structure you can use.
Course: Unleashing and Unlocking Your Data Warrior
Module 1: The Way of the Data Warrior
• What a Data Warrior is and why it matters
• How data creates advantage in business
• Moving from passive reporting to strategic thinking
• Developing the right analytical mindset
Module 2: Start with the Ground — Business Context First
• Understanding the business problem before touching the data
• Defining the “why” behind analysis
• Asking better questions
• Aligning data work to real business outcomes
Module 3: Data Foundations That Actually Matter
• Data quality, trust, and governance
• Structured vs. unstructured data
• Sources, pipelines, and the basics of how data moves
• Why bad inputs destroy good decisions
Module 4: Wrangling the Chaos
• How to approach messy data logically
• Cleaning, organizing, and framing data for analysis
• Identifying patterns, gaps, duplicates, and outliers
• Turning raw information into usable insight
Module 5: Exploratory Analysis and Finding the Signal
• How to explore data without getting lost in it
• Trend analysis, segmentation, comparison, and root-cause thinking
• Separating noise from meaningful insight
• Developing curiosity with discipline
Module 6: Dashboards, BI, and Metrics That Matter
• What makes a dashboard useful versus useless
• KPI design and metric selection
• Turning business questions into views, measures, and decisions
• Common mistakes in reporting and visualization
Module 7: Data Storytelling and Executive Communication
• How to explain findings clearly
• Building a narrative from data
• Presenting insights to leaders and non-technical audiences
• Making recommendations that people will actually act on
Module 8: Strategy, Action, and Decision-Making
• Moving from insight to action
• Prioritizing what matters
• How data supports operational and strategic decisions
• Building influence through analysis
Module 9: The Modern Data Stack in Plain English
• Data warehouses, cloud platforms, pipelines, BI, and semantic layers
• Snowflake, Azure, reporting tools, and how they fit together
• What students should understand even if they are not engineers
• How enterprise data teams work in the real world
Module 10: Becoming a Data Leader
• Thinking beyond reports and requests
• Creating a data-driven culture
• Communicating across technical and business teams
• What separates analysts from leaders
Module 11: The Data Warrior Applied
• Real-world case studies
• Marketing, operations, finance, and customer analytics examples
• How to structure a project from question to recommendation
• Turning lessons into a repeatable practice
Module 12: Build Your Own Data Warrior Playbook
• Personal framework for solving data problems
• Choosing tools without becoming tool-dependent
• How to continue learning and growing
• Final synthesis: your Data Warrior operating model
Sample Lesson Formats
This is important because it makes the course feel real.
Option 1: 1-on-1 Coaching Lessons
• tailored to the student’s skill level
• can focus on analytics, BI, strategy, storytelling, or career growth
Option 2: Structured 6-Week Course
• one major lesson per week
• exercises, reflection, and practical examples
• ideal for professionals
Option 3: Executive or Professional Mentorship
• for managers, directors, and aspiring data leaders
• focused on strategy, communication, leadership, and operating model design
Who This Course Is For
Ideal students:
• aspiring data analysts
• junior to mid-level BI professionals
• business professionals who want to become more data-driven
• managers who need to lead with data
• students preparing for analytics careers
• professionals wanting to improve executive communication and storytelling
What Students Will Learn
Students will learn how to:
• think strategically about data
• connect analysis to business outcomes
• understand core analytics and BI concepts
• organize and interpret messy data
• design better dashboards and KPIs
• communicate insights clearly
• grow into stronger analysts and data leaders
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