Andrew Graf
About
Andrew Graf is from Seattle, Washington, United States. Andrew works in the following industries: "Internet", "Higher Education", "Government Administration", "Information Technology & Services", "Retail", and "Logistics & Supply Chain". Andrew is currently Analytics Leader at Amazon, located in Seattle, Washington, United States. Andrew also works as Course Instructor, Dashboards and Storytelling at University of Washington, a job Andrew has held since Jan 2021. In Andrew's previous role as a Director, Advanced Analytics + Data Democratization at Starbucks, Andrew worked in Greater Seattle Area until Sep 2021. Prior to joining Starbucks, Andrew was a Director, HR Analytics at Starbucks and held the position of Director, HR Analytics at Greater Seattle Area. Prior to that, Andrew was a Assistant Director, Operations & Analytics at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, based in Seattle, WA from Jan 2015 to Jan 2017. Andrew started working as Deputy Director, Advanced Analytics at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington D.C. Metro Area in Jan 2013. From Jan 2010 to Jan 2013, Andrew was Lead Analyst, Strategic Planning & PMO at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, based in Washington D.C. Metro Area. Prior to that, Andrew was a Economics and Forecasting Analyst, Compensation & Pension Service at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, based in Washington D.C. Metro Area from Jan 2008 to Jan 2010. Andrew started working as Pension Analyst at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Greater Milwaukee Area in Jan 2005.
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Andrew Graf's current jobs
Andrew Graf's past jobs
Founding Director that built Starbucks’ first data democratization team responsible for evangelizing data-driven decisions by making advanced analytics, ML/AI outputs, and engineering of foundational data products available, digestible, and actionable to all levels of decision-makers. Led the cross-functional analytics team at Starbucks’ focused on the COVID response that strategically broke down traditional data silos to provide key analytics that impacted store closing/opening, digital customer strategies, and employee safety.
Transformed the team from reporting to advanced analytics with full-stack engineering and advanced analytics capabilities. Owned the innovative approach of building a holistic employee data ecosystem across multiple applications, data products, and modes of accessibility (structured and unstructured data for advanced analytics, web apps for business power uses, and data visualizations for executives).
Led operations of 600+ employees with responsibility for two distinct claims processing units, resource allocation/budgeting, HR/recruitment, lean & process improvement, product management, and IT; championed change management via the use of analytics and innovative programs for employee ownership of outcomes.
Founding Director that built advanced analytics practice and the team from the ground up; analytics evangelist and change champion for 20,000+ employee organization responsible for modeling, forecasting, and KPI development shared with Congressional leadership and the White House.
Founding member responsible for analytics and data strategy products associated with VA multi-year transformation plan across people, process, and technology initiatives; built an initial prototype and deployed VA’s first software to automate the processing of certain benefits; reduced processing time from an average > 100 days to minutes and eliminated the backlog.
Responsible for economic research and analysis of multiple year outlays, program impacts, and the early generation of digital transformation strategy on budget, performance, and Veteran outcomes.