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Jon Francis

Jon Francis

C-Suite Leader in Digital, AI, Data, Analytics | Transformation | Servant Leadership | Board Member | Executive Leadership at top Fortune 500 companies (State Farm, GM, SBUX, Nike, Amazon, Paypal, MSFT)

State Farm•Seattle, Washington, United States

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Experience17+ Years

Executive Overview

Seasoned data & analytics executive with 25+ years of experience across a variety of verticals, as a practitioner, thought leader, and a people leader.

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • State FarmCurrent
    Nov 2025–Present· 10 mos
    • Chief Data and Analytics Officer and Head of DigitalCurrent
      Feb 2026–Present
    • Senior Executive, Digital Growth and Experiences
      Nov 2025–Feb 2026
  • CDO MagazineCurrent
    Jun 2025–Present· 1 yr 3 mos
    • CDO Magazine Global Editorial BoardCurrent
      Jun 2025–Present
  • CardlyticsCurrent
    2024–Present· 2 yrs 8 mos
    • Member, Board of DirectorsCurrent
      2024–Present
  • General Motors
    Jul 2022–Nov 2025· 3 yrs 4 mos
    • Chief Data and Analytics Officer
      Jul 2022–Nov 2025
  • PayPal
    Nov 2021–Jul 2022· 8 mos
    • Head of Global Analytics and Decision Sciences
      Nov 2021–Jul 2022
  • Squark AI
    May 2021–May 2023· 2 yrs
    • Industry Advisor
      May 2021–May 2023
  • Starbucks
    Nov 2015–Dec 2021· 6 yrs 1 mo
    • Chief Digital and Analytics Officer
      Apr 2021–Dec 2021
    • Chief Analytics Officer
      Apr 2020–Apr 2021
    • Senior Vice President of Enterprise Analytics, Data Science, and Research
      Sep 2018–Apr 2020
    • Vice President of Customer Marketing Analytics & Optimization
      Oct 2017–Sep 2018
    • Vice President, Analytics
      Apr 2016–Oct 2017
    • Director of Applied Analytics and Business Strategy
      Nov 2015–Apr 2016
  • Alpine Data
    2012–Dec 2018· 6 yrs 11 mos
    • Industry Adviser
      2012–Dec 2018
  • Nike
    Jul 2011–Oct 2015· 4 yrs 3 mos
    • Consumer Data Science and Technology Director
      Jul 2014–Oct 2015
    • Senior Data Scientist
      Jul 2011–Jul 2014
  • T-Mobile
    Feb 2009–Jul 2011· 2 yrs 5 mos
    • Senior Statistician
      Feb 2009–Jul 2011

Education

Master of Science - MS

Statistics

Oregon State University

Bachelor of Arts - BA

Math,Stats

St. Olaf College

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Jon Francis
Vice Chair & President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer

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Skills & Expertise

20 of 20 skills
Business IntelligenceAnalyticsLinuxDatabase MarketingUnixTeradataWeb MiningDatabase DesignSASExecutive LeadershipStatisticsPredictive ModelingRMicrosoft SQL ServerHiveHadoopSQLStatistical ModelingData MiningExperimentation