Matthew Davis / About
Explore the WorkshopThe person
behind the work.
My background spans communication and theatre, business and analytics, and data science.
Working in a cell biology lab sparked my interest in data and taught me the fundamentals of careful experimentation and reproducibility. Those habits have stayed with me as my work has moved into analytics, enterprise systems, and AI.
Different chapters.
A common thread.
My career has moved from laboratory research into analytics and marketing, then into program management, leadership development, enterprise transformation, and AI at IBM. Each chapter has given me a different perspective on how people, technology, and organizations work together.
Laboratory foundations
At the University of Missouri, I progressed from lab technician to laboratory manager. Working with experiments sparked my interest in data and grounded me in careful methods and reproducibility.
Programs & people
Working across special projects, analytics, and leadership development. Learning how to bring people and ideas together.
Enterprise transformation
Helping teams navigate global platform changes and the practical work of changing how an organization operates.
Data science & AI
Bringing data engineering, analytics, and AI together around useful problems, with people at the center of the work.
A foundation in
more than one field.
University of Missouri–Columbia
Columbia, Missouri
- May 2016
Master of Business Administration
Marketing Analytics · Crosby MBA Program
- Aug 2006 – Dec 2009
BA in Communication
Mass & Public · With Honors
- Aug 2006 – Dec 2009
BA in Theatre
Performance · With Honors
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California
- Jan 2021
Data Science & Machine Learning
MicroMasters Certificate · Non-degree
Ask better questions.
Make something useful.
I bring that experimental mindset to how I work with AI: make assumptions visible and test whether an approach holds up. This site is where I explore those questions through writing, experiments, and practical tools.