DataDrive

We help fast-growing mid-market organizations break free from spreadsheet chaos by delivering comprehensive data strategies and automated data pipelines, all within a centrally managed, governed, and interactive reporting environment.

Our offerings include:
🔹 Data strategy development
🔹 Actionable insights to decision-makers
🔹 Hassle-free data automation and reporting platform
🔹 Ongoing staff training and support

We fuel data-literate cultures and enable data-informed decision-making, providing scalable internal and external reporting capabilities through our managed modern analytics services. Utilizing enterprise-grade secure cloud infrastructure and a proven delivery and adoption framework, DataDrive ensures your organization is set up for success.

We place a strong emphasis on the 'last mile' of analytics delivery, crafting compelling stories and insights tailored for non-technical audiences through our Human-Centered Data approach. By prioritizing people in the design process, we ensure project outcomes deliver actionable and measurable business value.

Experience the power of a data-driven future with DataDrive. Get in touch today: Luke[at]goDataDrive.com

Managing Director | Founder

Entrepreneurs'​ Organization

Chapter Officer | External Engagement

Twin Cities Tableau User Group

Coordinate logistics, event planning, data viz competitions, community engagement, social media marketing for 300+ active community members.  I often speak at monthly community events on various data visualization and analytics topics.

Co-Founder | Leadership Team

Personal Sabbatical

In pursuit of a personal goal, I spent time with my wife experiencing cultures and lifestyles outside of the United States.  After touring 28 countries across Europe, Asia, and Oceania, we gained new perspectives on how closely connected the global community is and redefined priorities in living a fulfilling life.  

I maintained a travel blog to capture our thoughts while traveling.  I also consulted with data analytics for U.S. clients during my travels.

World Traveler | Aspiring Travel Blogger

Slalom

Minneapolis' 1st Analytics Hire | Analytics Lead

Cargill

Data Engineer

Digital Serendipity

President | Co-Founder

UW-Eau Claire Center for Service-Learning Office

Database Administrator | Web Developer

Delivering unfair data advantages for the mid-market with ‘Data Analytics as a Service’– trusted insights, automation, and ongoing support that grows with you

𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐀 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 – 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌

Organizations are drowning in data but struggle to take advantage of actionable insights and prescriptive decisions.  

Companies instead have internal staff spend untold hours manually copying data across spreadsheets, shared drives, and email inboxes.  Any attempt to create insights with untrusted data is seen as a burden and a waste of time.

But if you don’t harness the power of data in your digital transformation, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍.  

In 2022, 87% of surveyed executives stated that ‘data-driven decision-making’ is one of their extremely or somewhat important organizational priorities to thrive in 2023. 

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞’𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐭.

"With DataDrive, we've been able to provide our customers with custom data-driven dashboards to monitor the success of their campaigns in a way we had been trying to unlock for years."
- Ashley Steckler, Lawyerist

”Analytics allows us to take action and ask 'why' vs. doing the same things we've always done - just because we think it works. The DataDrive team provides that clarity for us."
- Reed Daniels, Red’s Savoy Pizza

“We factually prove to our own clients that we deliver results and achieve ROI on pricing and revenue management engagements with DataDrive's help."
- Brad Beakley, Hospitio

Learn more about how they achieved their data advantage at 𝐠𝐨𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞.𝐜𝐨𝐦/𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐌 83% 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐄𝐎𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄

Business leaders want their organizations to be more data-driven.

However, investing in data talent and technology is cost-prohibitive.  Having your team actually access, interpret, and act on data-driven insights requires continued care and attention.

Building a data capability is a long, expensive, and risky initiative. 

𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐃𝐎 𝐈 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒

With over a decade of analytics consulting, I've implemented and trained users on the modern data stack for over 150 organizations.

I've seen the pitfalls, struggles, and poor investments. But there is an easier way.

𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐀 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌, 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃.

DataDrive delivers data capabilities to scale with fast-growing organizations - without the hassle of hiring a team, managing infrastructure, and negotiating with 10+ software vendors.  

And it's cheaper than a data engineer's salary!

Learn more at 𝐠𝐨𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞.𝐜𝐨𝐦

Luke Komiskey

Growth Operators

Exciting times at Growth Operators! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our Data & Analytics Practice, designed to empower clients with cutting-edge technology and insights. Our team is here to help you consolidate data from multiple sources into a single source of truth, streamline decision-making, and support your leadership teams—especially in highly acquisitive environments. By partnering with top technology vendors, we’re delivering cost-effective solutions that drive real value. Whether it’s traditional FP&A or advanced analytics, we’re ready to elevate your data strategy to the next level. Let’s connect and explore how we can support your growth!

Managing Director - Data & Analytics Practice Lead

At Growth Operators, I specialize in elevating financial processes for mid-market companies, ensuring their growth through best-in-class strategies. Over six plus years, I’ve partnered with over 50 diverse clients, across various industries, to refine their financial planning and analysis functions. My expertise lies in developing comprehensive pro-forma financial models, leading budget processes with adaptable models, and consolidating financial statements across complex business structures. 

I am dedicated to developing scalable and economical data integration solutions to fuel growth. My approach combines a deep understanding of diverse business operations with my technical expertise, enabling me to effectively transform complex business requirements into practical technical solutions.

Let's connect to explore how I can drive financial excellence for your organization.

Vice President

• Worked with 40 clients over 5 years ranging from startups to middle market private equity backed companies in a range of industries (constructions, transportation, medical device, tech, real estate, car washes, SaaS companies)
• Developed three statement pro-forma financial models (income statement, balance sheet, & cash flow)
• Lead the budget process and created driver based, plug and play budget models for many clients
• Consolidated and created financial statements for multi-entity businesses that spanned many ERP’s and charts of accounts
• Created reporting packages to meet the needs of banks, investors, and management 
• Implemented planning and reporting tools for clients of all sizes
• Successfully managed up to 12 clients at any given time balancing time and resources to meet the needs of all

Senior Director

Polaris Industries

•Spearheaded the creation of the Polaris Sales Portal, enhancing communication and information organization across multiple business units.
•Innovated two-way communication processes and tools, empowering the field sales team with vital information and a channel for feedback, influencing management decisions.
•Collaborated with sales team leaders to develop tailored tools and processes, optimizing dealer engagement strategies.
•Designed comprehensive dashboards to track sales, market share, and traffic, providing leadership with clear insights into performance metrics.
•Forged a partnership with merchandising to analyze seasonality trends, informing strategic planning in various business segments.
•Coordinated with dealer development to establish an elite dealer program, leveraging insights to assess financial impacts and scenario planning.

Lead Sales Analyst

TCF Bank

My positions was a short term analyst contract where I:
• Created an interest rate swap valuation tool
• Produced data validation tools
• Built a customer portfolio valuation  model
• Provided loan balance and risk sensitivity analyses

Senior Financial Analyst - Contractor

The Schwan Food Company

•Responsible for planning and forecasting $300M of selling and human resources expenses
•Increased wage and commission forecast accuracy by understanding historical trends and incorporating them into monthly forecasting
•Developed tools to measure and track new initiatives at macro and micro levels allowing leadership to make key decisions and the field to manage their efforts
•Partnered with sales leadership to develop the business case, overall plan, and implementation of a new customer acquisition strategy, presenting the risks and opportunities to all levels of management
•Partnered with senior leadership to develop new compensation strategies, providing analysis to clearly convey the potential financial benefit while taking into consideration the human capital risks
•Recruited as an integral player on a cross functional team to define a hypothesis as to why employee turnover is so high, then provided recommendations to the senior leadership team to improve the job

Senior Financial Analyst

Target

I supported Target's logistics team from a financial planning and analysis perspective. My responsibilities included:
•Prepared and presented to senior leadership business cases and NPV analyses for capital projects within logistics (including lease agreements, facilities mergers and moves, etc)
•Developed, analyzed, and communicated monthly results with distribution and finance leadership
•Created relationships with logistics clients, establishing partnerships with them on all major projects
•Partnered with clients to develop annual budgets, long term planning, and forecast results
•Partnered with business intelligence to implement new ad-hoc and reporting capabilities via SAP’s BPC, eliminating over 60 hours of work each month
•On boarded and mentored a new financial analyst by helping her understand financial processes and build relationships with business partners

Financial Analyst - Transportation Finance

In this role I supported Target’s private label buyers and marketing managers, providing them with reporting, analysis, and thought partnership. My duties and accomplishments in this role included:
•Provided owned brand marketing with financial insights during brand reinvention projects
•Provided inventory analysis when exiting or transitioning brands
•Reinvented owned brand reporting by reducing the complexity and effort required to produce, reducing monthly time commitment by 30 hours
•Transitioned and directed reporting duties with the Target India team

Lead Financial Planning Analyst - Merchandise Finance

Boston Scientific

In this role I partnered with business clients and developers to implement phase two of Boston Scientific’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software in the Cardiac Rhythm Management division. My duties and accomplishments included:
•Partnered with three different functional teams to gather requirements for 85 enhancements to Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software
•Wrote high level design documents for enhancements to CRM software
•Summarized and communicated design changes to management for approval
•Served as the liaison between the contracted developers and the end users

Business Systems Analyst

In this role I supported Target’s stock ledger, the system that calculates gross margin and ending inventory. I was responsible internal reporting, system enhancements, and ensuring data accuracy. My duties and accomplishments in this role include:
•Implemented process improvements for numerous weekly and monthly tasks in Excel and Access, making reporting less complex and more efficient
•Analyzed impact to affected clients when there were data errors
•Created, reviewed, and communicated requirements for data mart and Microstrategy implementation
•Lead the development of small business enhancement requests in the data warehouse and Hyperion Essbase cube

Accountant - Internal Financial Reporting

With a decade-long foundation in big-company finance and accounting roles, I've honed my expertise in driving financial strategy and implementing robust systems. Over the past six plus years, I've dedicated my focus to consulting, collaborating with startups to private equity-backed middle-market enterprises, igniting their growth trajectories through best-in-class FP&A processes and scalable systems.

My passion is deeply rooted in cultivating FP&A frameworks and fostering strategic business partnerships within the dynamic realm of middle-market expansion.

Let's connect to elevate your organization's financial strategy and drive sustainable growth.

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