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Daniel Burgess

Senior Data Scientist · AI & People Analytics Leader · I/O Psychologist

20+ years turning human behavior into intelligence at scale — from Lockheed Martin's workforce to the frontier of AI/ML. Where data science meets psychology, I build systems that don't just predict outcomes, they understand people.

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About

The intersection of data
and human understanding

I spent over two decades at Lockheed Martin doing something most data scientists never get to do: apply rigorous machine learning to one of the most complex systems on Earth — the human workforce in federal defense. Not clean datasets. Real people, real decisions, real stakes.

Along the way I earned an MS in I/O Psychology, became a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and earned an MIT certificate in AI/ML. I didn't plan to be at the intersection of data science and human psychology — I just kept following what was most useful.

Today that intersection is exactly where organizations need help. People analytics, workforce prediction, AI/ML strategy — these aren't just technical problems anymore. They're human ones. And I've spent my career building the fluency to navigate both sides.

20+
Years at Lockheed Martin
4
Academic Degrees
∞
Curiosity About People
1
Book (nearly done)
MS, Industrial-Organizational Psychology
The science of human behavior in organizational contexts
MIT Certificate — AI & Machine Learning
Applied AI/ML from one of the world's leading technical institutions
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT)
Clinical credentials that ground AI work in human reality
Senior Data Scientist — Lockheed Martin
20+ years: AI/ML, workforce analytics, federal defense programs
Author — "Sacred: How Divine Sexuality Brings Wholeness"
Completing a book on human wholeness, integration, and healing
Impact

By the numbers

19 years of measurable outcomes — from federal defense programs to frontier AI deployments.

2,000+
Labor Hours Recovered / Year
356-tool Alteryx text-mining automation · Tableau monitoring dashboard
90%
Processing Time Reduction
Enterprise allocation tool — deployed across all LM Space operations
400K+
Scenarios Processed by LLM
Tax-determination assistant · ~30% purchase-order error reduction target
17+
Active Production AI Initiatives
Concurrent enterprise deployments at LM Aeronautics
<1%
2026 Aero Star Award
Fewer than 1% of 50,000+ Aeronautics employees · Highest team honor at LM Aero
356
Tool Alteryx Workflow
Largest text-mining automation pipeline built at LM Aeronautics
10K+
Document Research Corpus
RAG pipeline and behavioral health knowledge base
19+
Years at Lockheed Martin
Across Space Systems and Aeronautics · May 2006 to present
Skills & Expertise

What I bring to the table

A technical stack broad enough to architect solutions, deep enough to build them.

Languages & Data
Python SQL SAP HANA Alteryx R ETL Pipelines
AI / Machine Learning
LLMs RAG NLP Predictive Modeling Generative AI Transformer Models scikit-learn
Visualization & BI
Tableau Power BI Executive Dashboards Data Storytelling Self-Service Analytics
People & Workforce Analytics
Workforce Prediction Attrition Modeling Talent Analytics Org Network Analysis HR Tech HRIS
I/O Psychology & OD
I/O Psychology Org Development Behavioral Science Survey Design Change Management LMFT
Domain & Context
Federal Defense Lockheed Martin Security Clearance Digital Health Regulated Industries AI Strategy
Experience

Two decades of building
what actually works

A career arc that went from extracting insights to deploying AI at enterprise scale — inside one of America's most complex organizations.

Sep 2021 – Present
Data Analyst Staff (E4) — AI/ML & Digital Transformation
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Architect and deploy 17+ enterprise AI/ML solutions at LM Aero. Built a 356-tool Alteryx text-mining pipeline recovering 2,000+ labor hours annually. Developed enterprise RAG systems for financial data classification with guardrails and audit logging. Built an LLM tax-determination assistant processing 400,000+ scenarios targeting ~30% purchase-order error reduction. Led cross-functional cost-mitigation analytics earning the 2026 Aero Star Team Award (top <1% of employees).
LLMsRAGNLP AlteryxPythonTableau Power AutomateSharePoint
Jan 2020 – Sep 2021
Multi-Function Financial Analyst Staff
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Built an enterprise allocation tool delivering 90% processing time reduction — deployed across all Space operations. Developed Splunk-based capacity management dashboards and predictive models integrating human-capital, facilities, and strategic forecasting. Built Grafana/ERP work-center capacity dashboards.
SplunkGrafanaPredictive Modeling ERPCapacity Planning
Jan 2017 – Dec 2019
Data Analytics & Reporting SME
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Built a six-dashboard executive suite covering earned-value, make/buy decisions, and master-schedule via SharePoint/Tableau. Integrated SQL-to-Tableau pipelines for real-time manufacturing metrics. Consistently top-rated annual performance reviews across the division.
TableauSQLSharePoint Earned ValueExecutive Dashboards
May 2013 – Jan 2017
Senior Analyst — Central Tools, Auditing & Analytics
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Sole developer of an enterprise earned-value data-quality tool serving 20+ stakeholders, delivering multi-million-dollar cost savings through automation. Standardized reporting automation saved ~10 hours per analyst per week across the organization.
EVMSData QualityAutomation Cost SavingsReporting
May 2006 – May 2013
Financial Analyst — Subcontracts, Manufacturing & Proposals
Lockheed Martin
Managed the largest subcontractors on a major national-security space program, overseeing 50+ suppliers. Built Excel/VBA one-click weekly reporting for the manufacturing org. Became CAM-certified EVMS practitioner; Lean Six Sigma Green Belt with Black Belt mentorship from 2008–2016.
SubcontractsEVMSVBA/Excel ManufacturingSix Sigma
Jan 2005 – May 2006
Business Consultant
Grant Thornton LLP
SOX controls and internal controls auditing for Silicon Valley clients. Built early fluency in enterprise risk, compliance, and controls frameworks that informed two decades of federal defense analytics work.
SOXInternal ControlsAudit Silicon Valley
2021 – Present
Independent AI & Platform Engineer
Independent Ventures
Fine-tuning transformer models with custom eval harnesses. Multi-agent orchestration and RAG pipelines over 10,000+ document corpora. Operates a Cloudflare platform: Workers fleet, 5+ D1 databases, R2, OAuth 2.0, and OSINT scanning pipelines. Founded ContentShield Pro (forensic content-authentication SaaS, FastAPI/React) and StreamPulse (real-time web analytics).
Fine-tuningMulti-agentCloudflare Workers FastAPIReactD1 / R2
2014 – Present
Founder & Clinical Director (LMFT)
Ascent Family Therapy
Founded and operate an outpatient Marriage and Family Therapy practice. Licensed in California (#105383) and Utah (#11952129-3902). Specialty: couples, intimacy, relationships, and family dynamics. The clinical work that keeps all data science grounded in genuine human understanding.
LMFTClinical PracticeCouples Therapy CA & UT Licensed
Education

Four degrees.
Three disciplines.

Business foundations, organizational science, and clinical psychology — a combination that's genuinely rare in AI/ML.

MS
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
JFK University · Pleasant Hill, CA
The science of human behavior in organizational contexts. Applied to workforce analytics, survey design, predictive modeling, and org development across 19+ years at Lockheed Martin.
MA
Counseling Psychology (MFT)
JFK University · Pleasant Hill, CA
Clinical foundation for licensed MFT practice. Specialty: couples, intimacy, relationships, and family dynamics. CA #105383 · UT #11952129-3902. Grounds all data science work in human reality.
BS
Corporate Finance
Utah Valley University · GPA 3.44 · Dec 2004
Dual degree with Business Management. Quantitative finance foundations applied throughout career in EVMS, cost analysis, financial modeling, and multi-state tax analytics.
BS
Business Management
Utah Valley University · GPA 3.44 · Dec 2004
Dual degree with Corporate Finance. Operations and management principles underpinning systems thinking, enterprise deployment, and the multi-stakeholder programs Daniel has led throughout his career.
Certifications & Professional Credentials
Alteryx Core Certification
Alteryx · October 2024
Architecture of Complex Systems
MIT xPRO · 2021
Quantitative Methods in Systems Engineering
MIT xPRO · 2021
Model-Based Systems Engineering
MIT xPRO · 2021
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Lockheed Martin LM21 · Black Belt mentor 2008–2016
CAM Certified — Earned Value Management Systems
EVMS Certification · Lockheed Martin
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
CA #105383 · UT #11952129-3902
Featured Work

Problems solved.
Outcomes delivered.

Representative projects from 20+ years of applied data science in high-stakes environments.

Enterprise Text-Mining Automation
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics · AI & Digital Transformation
Alteryx NLP Tableau Python
Outcome
356-tool Alteryx pipeline recovering 2,000+ labor hours per year — with a Tableau dashboard delivering real-time visibility to program leadership.
Designed and built the largest text-mining automation pipeline in program history — 356 Alteryx tools processing unstructured enterprise data at scale. Applied NLP pattern extraction and classification to replace entirely manual processes across LM Aeronautics. The pipeline now runs continuously, recovering 2,000+ labor hours annually. Integrated with a Tableau monitoring dashboard for stakeholder visibility. One of 17+ active production AI initiatives currently running in the organization.
LLM Tax-Determination Assistant
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics · AI Engineering
LLMs RAG Python NLP
Outcome
400,000+ tax scenarios processed — targeting ~30% reduction in purchase-order errors across the enterprise.
Developed an LLM-based tax-determination assistant to automate complex tax jurisdiction decisions at scale. Built the AI pipeline from classification through guardrails, audit logging, and human-in-the-loop escalation. The system processes 400,000+ scenarios and targets approximately 30% reduction in costly purchase-order errors. Designed to handle multi-state tax complexities that previously required significant manual analyst time — combining regulatory NLP with structured rule systems.
Enterprise Financial Allocation Tool
Lockheed Martin Space Systems · Finance & Analytics
Automation Splunk ERP Predictive Modeling
Outcome
90% processing time reduction — deployed across all Space Systems operations, generating significant recurring cost avoidance.
Built an enterprise-wide financial allocation tool that delivered a 90% reduction in processing time and was adopted across all LM Space Systems operations. Combined predictive modeling with Splunk-based capacity management dashboards, integrating human-capital forecasting, facilities planning, and strategic scheduling into a unified system. Also built Grafana/ERP work-center capacity dashboards that provided program leadership real-time visibility into operational throughput.
Org Effectiveness & Change Intelligence
I/O Consulting · Org Development
I/O Psychology Survey Design OD Analytics
Outcome
Leadership teams gained clear line-of-sight to culture health and change readiness — enabling targeted intervention rather than broad programs.
Applied I/O Psychology frameworks to design statistically validated organizational health assessments — measuring psychological safety, manager effectiveness, team cohesion, and change capacity. Analyzed results through network analysis and multilevel modeling to identify where cultural friction lived in the org structure. Delivered actionable intervention plans that spoke the language of both the CHRO and the data science team.
Recognition

Awards & honors

Recognition earned at the highest levels of one of America's most demanding organizations.

2026
Aero Star Team Award
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Presented by Greg Ulmer, President — Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Tariff Mitigation Strategy Team — built a mitigation framework and real-time tracking system that reduced cash impact by hundreds of millions of dollars. This is the highest team recognition at LM Aero, reserved for contributions that meaningfully shift the organization.
<1% of 50,000+ Aeronautics employees
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2021
15 Years of Service Award
Lockheed Martin
Milestone recognition for 15 years of continuous, distinguished service to Lockheed Martin across Space Systems and Aeronautics divisions, spanning financial analysis through enterprise AI/ML.
Multiple Years
Top-Rated Annual Performance
Lockheed Martin
Consistently achieved the highest performance rating in annual reviews across multiple review cycles and divisions — from Space Systems financial analysis to Aeronautics AI/ML engineering.
Various
Peer & Leadership Recognitions
Lockheed Martin
Multiple peer and leadership spot recognitions across career for initiative, cross-functional impact, and technical excellence on high-stakes national-security programs.
What the Work Earned

Recognition &
performance reviews

Feedback and recognition from senior leaders, executives, and institutional review across 20+ years at Lockheed Martin.

"
2026 Aero Star Team Award
Recognized for cross-functional cost-mitigation analytics leadership and measurable cost impact spanning supply chain, contracts, finance, and sustainment. This is the highest team recognition in Lockheed Martin Aeronautics — reserved for contributions that meaningfully shift the organization.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Awarded to fewer than 1% of 50,000+ Aeronautics employees annually
"
Executive PMR Recognition
The six-dashboard executive suite — delivering earned-value, make/buy, and master-schedule views — was recognized at an executive program management review as a model for how real-time program intelligence should be delivered to senior leadership.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Executive Program Management Review · Data Analytics & Reporting
"
Senior Finance Leadership
The billing-and-collections metrics dashboard surfaced exceptions invisible to manual review — and was specifically recognized by senior finance leadership for the visibility it brought to a previously opaque process.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Finance & Business Operations · Senior Leadership Recognition
"
Adopted as Org Standard
The SharePoint + Power Automate secure-submission and multi-user approval workflow was adopted as the model for subsequent digital-process initiatives across the finance organization — setting the standard for how automation gets deployed at scale.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Finance Digital Transformation · Workflow Architecture
"
Black Belt Mentor Designation
Selected as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Program Mentor & Facilitator (2008–2016) — an internal designation recognizing technical mastery and the ability to develop operational-excellence capability in others across the organization.
Lockheed Martin · LM21 Operational Excellence
8-Year Mentor Tenure · Green Belt Certified
"
Internal Technical Leadership
Relaunched the digital-transformation community of practice within Aeronautics Finance, and recognized internally as an SQL, Tableau, and Alteryx mentor — an internal technical presenter who elevates the analytical capability of the entire team.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Digital Transformation · Community of Practice Leadership
Top Rating
Every Review Cycle
Consistently top-rated across multiple performance cycles & divisions
From Space Systems financial analysis to Aeronautics AI/ML engineering, Daniel has achieved the highest available performance rating in every annual review cycle — across multiple managers, divisions, and role transitions. The CV explicitly notes "top rating tiers" across roles at both LM Space and LM Aeronautics.
LM Space: Multiple cycles
LM Aero: Multiple cycles
Cross-divisional recognition
15 Years of Service (2021)
In Their Words

Peer & leadership
reviews

Direct quotes from colleagues, managers, and senior leaders across 15+ years at Lockheed Martin — spanning Space Systems and Aeronautics.

"
Oct 2025
Daniel is being recognized for exceptional performance on Aero Billings Metrics. His expertise on DFAS reports and SAP tables has helped speed things along. He has shown initiative reaching out to Corporate RPA teams and remains focused despite being pulled 100 different directions.
Erma Xhakupi
Controller, VP/Director · Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
"
Mar 2025
Daniel has worked tirelessly and patiently to ensure accuracy and accountability on a highly visible dashboard. He worked weekends to learn Python and machine learning in Alteryx to create a workflow that reads data in paragraph form, corrects typos, and splits data into usable fields.
Tonya Hersh
Digital Transformation Team · Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
"
Mar 2025
Daniel and Tonya have been working the backend by connecting to internal and external sources, cleaning data, and creating workflows. The completion of this project will save labor hours and provide transparency to internal and external customers.
Stacee Taylor
F-35 Finance & Business Operations · Lockheed Martin
"
Jul 2023
I would like to recognize Daniel Burgess for reshaping our operations through support of the 1LMX IWTA Financial Tool. Daniel demonstrated behaviors and actions focused on meeting demands of the customer. He has continued to remain professional in all aspects even when others have pushed the boundaries.
Shane Boyle
Data Analyst Senior Manager · Lockheed Martin
"
2019
Daniel has done an outstanding job supporting Space Security and Emergency Services. His exceptional work ethic, collaborative spirit, and expertise for getting to the heart of project needs is beyond impressive. Daniel is an asset to Lockheed Martin.
Derrick Wehner
on behalf of Dani Romero · Space Security & Emergency Services
"
Feb 2010
Daniel has repeatedly taken the initiative to develop tools allowing managers and CAMs the ability to rapidly assess cost performance. His solicitation of input from all interested parties and translation into concrete data products improves the ability of the Directorate Team to predict future performance. Daniel's positive, can-do attitude also makes him a pleasure to work with.
Brenda Costanzo
Sr. Engineering & Science Manager · Lockheed Martin Space
Annual Performance Evaluations

Verbatim leader highlights from annual performance reviews — Lockheed Martin Aeronautics F&BO.

FY2024
Leader: Jacob Andrew Williams
"F-35 withholds automation praised as a huge success providing visibility into $618M withhold balance. Communication with leadership and customers described as top notch and a model for the team."
FY2023
Leader: Jacob Andrew Williams
"Determination on complex projects will save the company time and resources. Recognized as one of the best at keeping team and customers informed. Described as demonstrating the best in customer communication."
FY2022
Leader: Jacob Andrew Williams
"Work ethic and interactions with others described as extremely valuable to LM and a model for others to follow. Maintained constant communication so nobody was left uninformed."
FY2021
Leader: Jacob Andrew Williams
"Customer-focused approach with thoughtfully designed solutions that exceeded expectations. Commitment to getting solutions into customers' hands was unwavering."
FY2020 — EXCEEDED
Leader: Richard E. Smith
"Above and beyond approach to design and lead several digital transformation and AI projects. Consistently exceeded customer expectations on each project. Full Spectrum Leadership demonstrated through self-initiative to deliver results on schedule with minimal supervision."
In the Field

FBO AI Hackathon

Competing in Lockheed Martin's Finance & Business Operations AI Hackathon — where real enterprise problems meet applied artificial intelligence under real-world time constraints.

Daniel Burgess leading team at FBO AI Hackathon

Presenting the solution to teammates during the live build phase

Daniel Burgess deep focus problem-solving at FBO AI Hackathon
LM FBO · AI Hackathon

AI-powered solutions for enterprise finance operations

Selected to compete in Lockheed Martin's Finance & Business Operations AI Hackathon — a high-stakes event where cross-functional teams design and build AI-powered tools to solve real operational challenges in a single day.

Daniel led the technical architecture, bridging his decade of financial systems expertise with hands-on AI/ML engineering — driving the team from whiteboard concept to working prototype.

Machine Learning Python Power BI Data Engineering Generative AI LM FBO
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Consulting

How I can help
your organization

Independent consulting at the intersection of data science, AI/ML strategy, and organizational psychology.

Workforce & People Analytics
Build the data infrastructure and models your CHRO actually needs — attrition prediction, skills gap analysis, succession modeling, and the dashboards that translate all of it into decisions.
AI/ML Strategy & Implementation
From "should we use AI?" to "here's what's running in production." Strategy, architecture, model selection, responsible AI frameworks, and the organizational change management to make adoption stick.
I/O Psychology & Org Development
Behavioral science applied to organizational effectiveness — survey design, culture diagnostics, psychological safety measurement, leadership assessment, and change readiness frameworks that actually predict outcomes.
Leadership Psychology & Coaching
For leaders who want to understand themselves and their teams at a deeper level — combining psychometric tools, organizational data, and clinical insight to develop leadership effectiveness that lasts.
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Sacred
How Divine Sexuality Brings Wholeness
Daniel Burgess
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SACRED · DANIEL BURGESS
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Sacred

How Divine Sexuality Brings Wholeness.

Years at the intersection of data science, licensed therapy, and I/O psychology taught Daniel something counterintuitive: the deepest questions about human wellbeing can't be answered by algorithms alone. This book is the story of what wholeness actually looks like — and the role of our most intimate selves in getting there.

A work of depth, courage, and integration. Nearly complete.

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Senior Data Scientist · AI/ML Lead · People Analytics Director · Principal Applied Scientist · I/O Psychology Consulting · Speaking Engagements