Data Millennium

➤Architected and optimized advanced Neo4j graph data pipelines and AI Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks, enabling enterprises to uncover deep customer insights and solve complex marketing and business challenges with AI-driven precision.

➤Designed and implemented scalable, secure data governance strategies using Collibra, ensuring compliance and data integrity while accelerating AI adoption across finance, technology, and education sectors.

➤ Established and led a Center of Excellence to unify AI development and data management best practices, driving innovation, operational efficiency, and measurable ROI through strategic alignment of technology and business objectives.

Analytics and Governance (Data/AI)

Three Grapes Digital

Using AI, analytics, and marketing savvy to achieve transformative results for Web3 companies.

Current Advisory Roles  
🔥 Growth/Branding Advisor for $BOI (Base of Innovation) on AVAX blockchain
🔥 Growth/Branding Advisor for $WING (Owners of the Shiba Inu Logo) on SOL blockchain

More Recent Accomplishments: 

↳ COO/Editor-in-Chief - FastBlocks News — Launched the world’s first fully on-chain Web3 news site
↳ Chief Innovation Officer - Blockster.com — Achieved a 100x increase in readership
↳ Managed a suite of DFINITY newsletters and social media - 700,000 subscribers
↳ Trained, managed, and mentored over 1,000 content creators globally
↳ Gained ownership of key phrases in Google, i.e., “crypto is not fair”
↳ Improved global engagement/SEO reach by 10-50x on average
↳ Published my third book, "Observations on a Crypto Winter"
↳ Reporting to head of BOI 100 team, helped engineer successful launch of $BOI token on $AVAX

𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐈-𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬.

↳ Through AI-enabled workflows, grew social media following by 50%
↳ Leveraged data-driven and AI decision-making to improve ROI on marketing spend by 30%
↳ Managed top influencers in Web3 to generate millions of views on diverse social media platforms
↳ Lead writer for American Banker’s "Most Powerful Women in Finance (2000-2024)"
↳ Hosted X Spaces that attracted thousands of listeners each week.

Clients: Fujitsu, AIG, Juristix, KAKEAI, Polaris Consulting, Blockster, DFINITY, BOI, Shiba Wing, and more.

Managing Partner

Nomura

At Asia's largest bank, I focused on analyzing transactions, uncovering insights, and driving data-driven decisions

𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆, 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅.

I analyzed trader behavior and market segment dynamics to deliver actionable insights.

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:

↳ 𝐋𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 in big data, AI, and data analytics technologies
↳ Developed 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐱 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬
↳ Created and led the 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐱 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, promoting self service analytics
↳ This 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝐌𝐌 in compliance expenditures, tooling, and market trading fees
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Data Analytics - Content and Analytics Specialist - Contract

NYU School of Professional Studies

I had the privilege of pioneering the first 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧.

Before my role at NYU Tokyo, English-based data analytics classes were unavailable in Japan. 

I initiated and taught NYU’s first comprehensive data analytics program, with responsibilities for:

↳ 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦: Designed and developed all course materials, syllabi, and lesson plans for the program.
↳ 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠: Taught courses on Big Data, Data Visualization, and Managing Analytics.
↳ 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Achieved the highest student satisfaction scores at NYU Tokyo, across all programs.

Capitalizing on the success of my program at NYU, I continued to teach my data analytics classes at Temple University (Tokyo Campus) and City University of New York (CUNY).
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Professor of Data Analytics

National Information Management Inc. (NIM) 

I founded NIM with a clear vision: to bridge the gap between technologists and business leaders.

While delivering cutting-edge technical services—ranging from system architecture to data analytics—we also worked to align these solutions with strategic business goals.

For us, technology was never just about code; it was about creating opportunities for businesses to thrive.

Over more than two decades, my organization provided digital transformation, marketing, and data analytics expertise to both small businesses and Fortune 500 companies with a 𝟏𝟎𝟎% 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞.
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Chief Operating Officer & Founder

Dashboard Insight

𝐍𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫.

I'm incredibly proud of the milestones I achieved at Dashboard Insight as its main Contributing Editor.

In four years, we 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 for Business Intelligence (BI), producing thousands of articles that reshaped the industry

𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩:

→ 𝐖𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭
→ 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 

My personal highlight was hosting webcasts on cutting-edge Business Intelligence and Data Architecture topics, reaching a global audience that helped foster and drive innovation in the BI field.

Beyond content strategy, editorial direction, and journalistic contributions, I also had the honor of co-heading presales efforts in North America, which culminated in the sale of Dundas BI to Microsoft.
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Contributing Senior Editor

Gartner Group

Data Analytics Architect - PM

Self Employed

Freelance Senior Copywriter

Building FastBlocks Web3 News on the ICP Blockchain ✨ Award-Winning Journalist ✨ Founder/Host of Web3 in :53 ⭐ Creator of the Desolaters brand 👉 DM me! ⭐ williamlaurent.com/journalism

Three decades of executive data management. Data Scientist, AI Business Architect, Educator, Marketing Analytics Pro.

Former COO/Founder of National Information Management (New York, NY)

Extensive hands-on experience in data analytics and governance, AI-driven business architecture  governance, and growth marketing/branding. 

Taught data analytics at major universities, published 1,000+ articles in leading tech magazines, and  provided consulting services to industry giants. 

English: Native Fluency 
Japanese: N3/N2 (Read Write)

Tech I love:
JIRA / Monday
Confluence / Whimsical 
Tableau 
Collibra
Alteryx
BigQuery 
DynamoDB
$ICP
Perplexity
Manus AI
Genspark
Neo4J
Elasticsearch
GCS / S3 
Dagster 
Apache Beam

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Netpace Inc

A Data-Driven IT Consulting Company Specializing in Enterprise Application Development, AI/Analytics and Cloud Enablement Services to Fortune 500 companies.
www.netpace.com

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Arch Staffing & Consulting

VP of Recruiting and Client Services 

Client Relationship Director

Net2Source Inc.

Net2Source is 100% minority owned and diversity certified company specializing in total talent management offering end to end talent solutions including Statement of Work (SoW), Managed IT Services, Employer of Record (EOR), Staff Augmentation, Permanent Hiring, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), IC Compliance, Diversity Spend Tracking & Management, On Premise Vendor, Contact Centers/Helpdesk and Business Process Services (BPS) with its presence in 32 countries across the globe.

Fast Facts about Net2Source:

• Inception in 2007, privately held with zero debts
• 2200+ contractors globally
• 575+ In- house Staffing Professionals
• 30+ offices in US
• Operations in 5 Continents and 20+ countries (North America, Latin America, Europe, ANZ & APAC)
Awards and Accolades: 
•	100% Diversity Owned and Certified by NMSDC and USPAAC 
•	SIA’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firms in North America (2018 & 2019) 
•	Inc. 5000 for Fastest Growing Private Companies in North America 6 times in a row (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019) 
•	America's Most Honored Businesses (Top 10%) 
•	2019 & 2018 NJBIZ Fastest 50 
•	2019 Dallas Top 100 by Dallas Business Journal 
•	2019 Proven Supplier of the Year by Workforce Logiq 
•	2019 Spirit of Alliance Award by Agile1 
•	2018 Best of the Best Platinum Award by Agile1 
•	2018 TechServe Alliance Excellence Awards Winner 
•	2017 Best of the Best Gold Award by Agile1(Act1 Group)

Vice President, West Coast Operations 

Kelly Services

- Responsible for the growth and development of the commercial and education divisions of Kelly Services in the state of Washington, including 5 offices, 4 onsite locations and 14 direct reports.
- Increased profitability by over 40% from 2017 to 2018.
- Increased year over year profitability by over 110% in Q1 of 2019. 
- Led quarterly reviews for all large scale clients.
- Conducted daily and weekly meetings to ensure the proper load balance for the area’s recruiters, mangers and onsite leads.
- Opened 1 new branch and 2 new onsite locations.

Sr. Area Manager

Manpower

Branch Manager

- Rebuilt relationships, finding new ways to win with existing partners, increasing existing business by 63%, contributing to an overall increase in revenue of 79% for the branch.
- Helped structure and lead a team in the acquisition, deployment and retention of over 350 associates to fill over 100 daily labor positions in under 1 month.
- Appointed as interim leader of both client account and fulfillment teams for the states of Washington, Idaho and Oregon.
- Increased market’s profit by over 1000% from prior year.
- Ranked #1 in North America for new client growth.
- Assisted territory in maintaining an 80% average fill rate while increasing weekly net starts from 100 to 155. 
- Managed two large IBM onsite locations.

Metro Recruiting Manager

ManpowerGroup

Client Account Manager

- Triaged broken client relationships, ultimately increasing the Tukwila branch’s business reach. Built and developed a team that exemplifies the attitudes and ethics Manpower is currently striving for, defining Industry Star.
- Number 1 in PacNW region during 1st quarter of 2013 for new client accounts, new client revenue and new client gross profit.
- Empowered an enthusiastic drive in team Tukwila, resulting in a number 1 ranking in perm placement sales for the entire Western States Division in fiscal year 2013.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

- Advanced to increasingly responsible positions culminating in Area Manager role. Responsible for a $12 million region: building local relationships and forecasting business needs across the region, including inventory and staffing.
- Top closing percentage in NW US for FY 2010 & 2011.
- Increased credit union deliveries by 300% for FY 2009.
- Most units delivered in the history of the Lakeland, Florida area: November 2008.
- #1 in units delivered at the Beaverton, Oregon branch for FY 2006.
- Recorded the highest net profit for a rental branch in the Oregon group’s history: July 2001
- Ranked #1 in damage waiver sales in the state of Oregon: February 2000

Area Sales Manager

Experienced Senior Level Manager in the staffing & recruiting industry with a demonstrated history of success.  Skilled in Operations Management, Sales, Client Engagement, Talent Acquisition Management, Customer Relationship Management, and Sales Operations.

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