Jeff Lawton

Executive summary

Jeff is a Managing Director in the Enterprise Technology Strategy and Innovation practice of Grant Thornton’s Alexandria office and has been with the firm since June 2006.

Jeff has over 23 years’ experience managing large, complex data management, information technology, and business transformation consulting projects. He has full lifecycle experience delivering enterprise-class data management solutions, including data warehouse, business intelligence, data quality, data architecture, data conversion and integration, metadata management, and analytics. Jeff has served dozens of clients across commercial and public sector.

Awards and Recognition

• Department of Homeland Security CFO Frontier Award for Ingenuity and Innovation for Extraordinary Mission Achievement
• World Customs Certificate of Merit
• Veterans Benefits Administration Undersecretary’s Golden Starfish Award

Trainings and certifications

• Project Management Professional
• Certified Business Intelligence Professional
• ITIL v3 Foundation Certification
• Scrum Master Certified
• Certified Scaled Agile Framework for the Enterprise (SAFe) Agilist

Professional qualifications and memberships

• ACT-IAC (Analytics Industry Chair)
• CAM-I (Intelligent Data Management Chair)
• DC Informatica Users Group (Chair)
• Partnership for Public Service

• Presentations and publications

  • Four Critical Success Factors to Effectively Managing Data as an Asset, Journal of Government Financial Management. Fall 2016.
  • Can You Quantify the Value of Your Data? Cost Management. March/April 2015.
  • The Right Tool for the Right Job: Time-Saving Techniques for Selecting the Best Software Tool for Your Business Intelligence Project, Business Intelligence Network, August 2007.

  Education

  • M.B.A., Marketing, University of Georgia
  • B.A., Environmental Science and Economics, University of Virginia
  • Stanford University Executive Institute