Senior IT Data Manager

JE Dunn Construction

Biography

Riley Bonnesen is the Senior IT Data Manager at JE Dunn, where he defines and executes the corporate data strategy driving business intelligence and AI solutions across the organization. As the Data Analytics team leader, he has spearheaded the development of a robust Fabric environment with semantic models and lakehouse architecture. His team’s work directly influenced organizational decisions on project selection, workforce changes, and financial strategies. He championed the enhancement of data-driven decision-making processes within the organization, implementing Agile methodologies to deliver enterprise solutions that align with stakeholder requirements.

Riley holds a B.S. in Economics with a minor in Cognitive Science from Truman State University, and this background has shaped his systems thinking approach to team building and problem-solving. He has pioneered the implementation of an ecosystem for power users that integrates emerging low-code technologies, with a particular focus on Power Platform, Power BI, and CoPilot. In this role, he serves as a strategic advisor to the Executive Leadership Team, translating complex data insights into actionable business strategies.

Riley is interested in AI integration and technology diffusion, complex adaptive systems, and mechanistic interpretability. He enjoys traveling with his wife and playing sports in his free time.