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Daniel Short

Data Analyst | BI, Reporting & Automation

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daniel@danielshort.me Grand Junction, CO 469-600-2297 LinkedIn Portfolio Website

Data analyst focused on recurring KPI reporting, reporting automation, and translating SQL, Tableau, Excel, and Python workflows into faster executive answers.

99%
Faster reporting turnaround
200+
Hours saved annually
24%
Inventory loss reduction

Experience

Business Analyst

Visit Grand Junction · Grand Junction, CO

Feb 2024 – Present

  • Built recurring KPI reporting across lodging, tax, web, campaign, and airport data, cutting turnaround 99%, saving 200+ hours annually, and improving executive reporting cadence.
  • Identified lodging cannibalization by reconciling lodging tax, occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR trends across council, board, and stakeholder reporting used in planning decisions.
  • Produced bimonthly council and stakeholder briefings translating Tourism Economics, GA4, hotel, and survey data into planning, budget, and performance discussions.
  • Validated budget, tax, and partner reporting against Tourism Economics datasets spanning 202 dashboards and 162 sources, strengthening QA and stakeholder confidence.

AI Data Quality Analyst

Randall Reilly · Remote

Nov 2023 – Jan 2024

  • Re-platformed R workflows into a one-click Python app, cutting delivery time by 95% for recurring QA, handoff, and review cycles.
  • Built decision-tree models that expanded serial-number tracking by 10x while flagging anomalies with 98% precision for downstream review prioritization and follow-up.
  • Deployed an autoencoder model that improved data quality for downstream analytics, QA review, and exception handling workflows.

Asset Protection Data Analyst

Target · Montrose, CO

Jun 2022 – Nov 2023

  • Designed dashboards that boosted theft reporting by 57.6% and increased prevention 180% through clearer trend monitoring and case prioritization.
  • Reduced inventory loss by 24% through analytics-driven investigations, root-cause tracking, and tooling improvements.
  • Presented actionable insights to non-technical stakeholders across asset protection, operations, and store leadership teams in case reviews.

Education

Selected projects

  • Store-Level Loss & Sales ETL

    Built SQL ETL views and anomaly detection to surface store, region, and associate risk patterns for investigation prioritization, exception follow-up, and leadership review.

  • Empty-Package Shrink Dashboard

    Built an Excel dashboard tracking theft trends, hotspots, quarterly growth, prevention follow-up, and recurring location-level loss review.

  • Pizza Delivery Dashboard

    Built Tableau KPI tracking and forecasting for planning, regional comparison, performance review, staffing decisions, and operational benchmarking.

  • Delivery Tip

    Used Excel geo-analysis and optimization to explain shift, location, driver, tipping, service-area, and delivery-window differences across service zones.

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