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Tris J Burns

Data Leadership Coach

With a passion for data, Tris enables leaders to build data-centric cultures that drive strategic decisions and ROI, blending global experience, coaching, and a passion for tech, growth, and high-impact leadership.

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Tris focuses on helping data professionals lead with clarity, influence, and confidence with his content centered on data strategy, stakeholder alignment, leadership mindset, and turning analytics into action.

data leadership

business strategy

data analytics

data management

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Highlights

See the "what". Explore their accomplishments, groundbreaking projects, and industry recognition. Witness how they're shaping the future of data.

Coaching for Data Leaders

Tris offers one‑on‑one coaching for data professionals, helping them navigate leadership challenges, build confidence, strategic clarity, and influence across their organizations.

Data Leadership Frameworks

Tris offers a self-paced email course featuring 10 powerful frameworks to tackle real-world data leadership challenges, covering intake processes, stakeholder storytelling, culture, strategy, and more.

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Unlock the "why". Dive into interviews, blogs, and videos where thought leaders unpack their insights. Go beyond the resume, connect with the mind behind the expertise.

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May 8

How Data Leaders Can Earn Boardroom Influence

Tris shares actionable advice on how data leaders can earn boardroom influence through strategic visibility and navigating early role vulnerability.

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Apr 15

What Most Data Leaders Get Wrong

This is a candid conversation on the pitfalls of traditional data leadership, focusing too much on dashboards, too little on people. Tris shares what to shift for business impact.

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Feb 13

Why Starting Outside of Data Makes You a Better Data Professional

In this podcast, Tris reflects on how early non-data roles sharpened his leadership insight and strategic impact in analytics.

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Feb 3

Effective Data Leadership

This session explores the evolving role of data leaders using Tris' 5C framework to build culture, clarity, and influence.

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Aug 15

Becoming a Data Leader and how to not suck at it.

In this article, Tris talks about how leaders can perform well in their roles.

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Jul 31

Don't Let Data Be Your Biggest Failure: Learn the Essentials

In this session, Tris J. Burns outlines how poor data leadership, not bad data, is often the real reason behind failed data initiatives.

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Bruno Gonzalez

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Manisha Jain

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Dan DeMers

CSO & Co-founder at Cinchy

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Sanjeev Mohan

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Amy Raygada

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