Michael Gonzalez Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Oh, Us

• Develops and implements data governance, data policy, and data cataloging for agency analytics platform.• Hires, onboards and trains data analysts and data engineers to work within big data environment. Serves as lead agency data analyst. Appointed as the first agency chief data officer.• Worked as member of State CDO Council to develop and modernize new data analyst, data engineering, and data science position classes. Serves as agency representative to InnovateOhio Platform.• Developed new state Data Academy program in conjunction with state CDO council to upskill state employees and train staff as data analysts and engineers.• Leads and executes Data Ops strategic planning and execution. Leads agency analytics center of excellence.• Leads C-level staff in strategic planning and agency modernization exercises.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

As the Lottery's head of Product Innovation, I built and launched a new office that directly oversees all aspects of digital product development, product management, product strategy, data analytics, research, and strategic planning programs. I specialize in delivering profitable entertainment products that add value to the organization.Highlights of my contributions include:◾ Strategic Planning: I developed the agency's strategic plan and established the strategic direction, resulting in the production of the business' first "living" plan in 2019. I regularly update and issue this plan to align our efforts with our goals and objectives.◾ Data Analytics: I built and tracked agency performance metrics and indicators to measure critical success factors. By utilizing ETL pipelines into Cloudera Hadoop big data platform, Tableau Server, and SQL, I maintained the reporting and analytics environment.◾ Product Development: I developed and launched profitable entertainment products for the organization, adding $25 million in sales last fiscal year. By establishing biweekly agency "revenue cluster" meetings, I consolidated products, sales, marketing, and communication strategies.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

• Center of Excellence and Data Leadership: Leads agency analytics initiatives for the State's InnovateOhio. Launched agency data analytics center of excellence. The Lottery data warehouse now holds over 10 billion rows of data.• Financial Reporting and Modeling: Initiated agency financial reporting, planning, forecasting, and modeling. Drafted weekly reports, such as financial update to the governor’s office. Project manager for agency integration of Microsoft Dynamics GP accounting software.• BI Development: Consulted senior executives on qualitative analysis, data modeling, development of performance dashboards, and reporting solutions. Used Tableau to build invoicing solution for business.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

• Budget Development: Led budget development for state controlling board, commission, and legislature.• Modeling Product Revenue: Constructed game and revenue-share structure for EZPLAY Tap program, delivering $250 million in sales since inception.• Performance Measurement: Led all agency revenue forecasting, performance metrics, and key performance indicator (KPI) development.

• Market Value Consulting: Assessed market value of naming rights, sponsorships, and partnerships for public infrastructure. Directed research teams for valuation of convention centers, stadiums, and transit lines. Authored naming rights studies (Chicago Metra, Phoenix Convention Center, University of Wisconsin).• Revenue and Expense Modeling: Modeled expenses and revenue of all new business. Built performance benchmarks for client projects. Created over $100 million in naming rights and sponsorship value for cities, transit agencies, and universities.• Project Management: Developed the firm’s project budgets, accounts receivable and payable, time sensitive agency mailings, and phone system. Brought bid responses to recipients up to 100%.• Proposal Development: Wrote Request for Proposal responses to municipalities and agencies. Won several bids, including Cleveland Convention Center, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, and City of St. Catharines (Ontario).

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

• Budget Management: Monitored budget variances of election operations and helped formulate following year’s budget, improving efficiency by 50%.• Financial Reporting and Inventory: Introduced new, effective financial reports, invoices, fiscal research, capital inventory, and budget summaries. Provided statistical analysis to accurately order ballot numbers, budget expenses, and project voter turnout.• Data Management: Created campaign finance database for Cuyahoga County, allowing residents to access candidate filings online rather than in-person.

Mpa, Administration

Ba, Political Science