David Hargens

Senior analytics and data engineering leader with 18+ years of experience building and scaling enterprise-grade data and analytics platforms across complex, global organizations. Recruited by executive leadership to design and operate analytics ecosystems including data architecture and engineering, serving 900K+ employees and franchisees while establishing governance, financial controls, and executive trust. Proven at bridging data engineering, analytics, and finance modernization to deliver accurate, auditable, decision-ready insights.

Known for rapid execution, platform ownership, building federated operating models that scale and preparing companies for AI Innovation.

Senior Manager, Business Insights & Analytics (Head of Enterprise Analytics & BI) at YUM! BRANDS (2020-01 – 2025-01)

• Recruited by the Chief Data Officer to design and operate analytics ecosystems, including data architecture, ingestion, modeling, and governance, supporting 900K+ employees and franchisees across KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Habit Burger Grill.
• Built a centralized analytics organization supported by a federated operating model, leading a small core team while functionally guiding ~50 contributors across corporate functions.
• Owned the end-to-end analytics and data engineering platform, including ingestion, modeling, quality controls, and governed semantic layers built on Informatica and Snowflake, with Domo serving as the primary enterprise analytics layer.
• Partnered with Finance and FP&A leadership to modernize financial reporting and controls, engineering trusted financial data pipelines and reconciliation logic that improved accuracy, reduced manual effort, and increased executive confidence.
• Served as the primary analytics partner to the global CEO and executive leadership team, delivering KPI frameworks, executive dashboards, and scenario insights used in enterprise and board-level decision-making.
• Scaled analytics adoption from 0 to 30K+ active users in 36 months, embedding self-service analytics into daily decision-making while driving 20%+ (18MUSD) cost reductions and improving forecast accuracy by 20% (45MUSD) for a single US Brand.

Business Intelligence Lead, Global Projects Office at SBM OFFSHORE (2019-01 – 2020-01)

• Directed development and deployment of enterprise data models and real-time reporting used by regional leadership to drive operational decisions.
• Streamlined reporting and integrated data across projects, reducing administrative costs by 20% on $200M to $3.4B initiatives.
• Partnered with finance to implement a real-time resourcing tool, enabling dynamic optimization of utilization and project allocation.

Project Controls and Business Intelligence Manager, Midstream Business Unit at SNC-LAVALIN GROUP (2018-01 – 2019-01)

• Executed a diverse portfolio of fabrication and EPC projects that varied in scope, complexity, and budget.
• Eliminated 40% (12MUSD) of unproductive time by displaying live labor metrics throughout the facility.
• Improved quality defects by 15% (~35MUSD) and inspection time by three days within one week of launching Domo.
• Conceptualized and integrated operational improvements geared toward mitigating risks, controlling costs, and enhancing business processes.
• Empowered employees by creating accountability with live visual metrics, reducing administrative costs by 20% (1.2MUSD+) in three months.
• Launched a BI tool within 30 days of hire to decrease defects, reduce waste, and improve profit margins.

Business Intelligence and Commercial Manager, Executive Team at TECHNIP FMC (2014-01 – 2018-01)

• Managed collation and review of commercial proposals up to $2B and operational data for executive management team.
• Negotiated and secured a $4B Venezuela gasification contract, establishing strategic partnership and enabling large-scale energy infrastructure development.
• Administered and redesigned the company's Salesforce CRM system, reducing user complaints by 15%.
• Led deployment of ERP and BI systems to maximize decision-making, based on live project data and insights.
• Deployed a global BI solution across the business in less than four months with one other employee.
• Realized over $7M worth of savings within one year of deployment of systems and processes.

Operations Manager, Off-Shore and Subsea Business at TECHNIP USA INC. (2013-01 – 2014-01)

Crafted and implemented corporate strategy for the off-shore Finland branch to champion a transformative work environment focused on continuous improvement. Achieved overall production cost savings of 20%.

Senior Estimator, Corporate Estimating Group at TECHNIP USA INC. (2007-01 – 2013-01)

Conducted conceptual estimates, unit price projections, risk management, cost analysis, and benchmarking studies. Served as senior estimator on off-shore projects, with scopes of work across three business segments valued up to $3B. Audited the project controls group on active projects to ensure proper change management and scope adherence.

Project Manager, Government Operations at KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT (2003-01 – 2007-01)

Directed and trained a team of 13 estimators operating for the LOGCAP program. Assumed full P&L accountability for evaluation and development of existing project proposals to establish budget and fees for $5B worth of yearly projects. Ensured conformance to standardized operational procedures and applicable regulatory guidelines.

Analyzed subcontracts to gather remaining costs for task orders with values up to and above $20B. Obtained secret-level clearance. Demonstrated talent to thrive in international environments, leading mission-critical initiatives across Iraq and Kuwait through three years of continuous deployment.

Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Project Management – LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY