Ryan Stowe

Manager, Decision Analytics · HD Supply · Atlanta

I turn the books
into decisions.

Accountant turned data engineer. I've reconciled the ledgers, built the pipelines that feed them, and now lead a commercial decision analytics team that forecasts project valuations and builds financial models. These days I'm also building local AI tools on my own hardware.

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Records turned into insight
80M+
ETL server footprint reduced
90%
Faster automated pricing models
85%
ETL processes managed
85+

01 · Selected work

Things I've built

BD architecture: voice in, a coordinator routes to specialist agents, voice out Voice BDcoordinator Finance Equity analyst Real estate Auto mechanic Credentials (1Password)

Local AI · Python · NVIDIA DGX Spark

BD: a fully local, voice-driven AI assistant

A multi-agent assistant that runs entirely on my own hardware, so models, voice, and financial questions never leave the machine. A fast coordinator handles conversation and routes each request to a specialist: finance, equity analysis, real estate, auto repair, or password lookup.

Parlay Desk dashboard showing combo price, contracts, payout, model hit rate, and expected value, above a Miami vs. Pittsburgh matchup card with pregame stats and model win probability.

Probability modeling · Data pipeline · Dashboard

Parlay Desk: a weekend football prediction model

A side project that blends no-vig market odds with ESPN's matchup predictor, then adjusts for recent form and injuries to rank college-football and NFL picks. It reports estimated hit rates and expected value instead of hype.

Research · Hardware planning

Local AI Lab field guide

A field guide I put together for my home AI lab. It covers nine categories of AI model, what each needs to run well, model examples at different sizes, and a 30-day plan for getting started on DGX Spark–class hardware.

DNS · Email security · Web

This site, built security-first

Before building this site, I audited the domain and found DNS records still pointing to deleted Heroku apps, which also blocked email. I removed them, added SPF and DMARC records, and set up a security review before launch.

02 · Experience

From ledger to pipeline

  1. Oct 2026– Present

    Manager, Decision Analytics (Commercial)

    HD Supply · Atlanta, GA

    Lead the commercial decision analytics team, turning project data into forecasts and financial models that guide commercial decisions.

    • Forecast project valuations to support commercial investment decisions.
    • Build financial models and track actual results against forecast.
    • Use AI tools for in-depth analysis of commercial performance.
  2. Jul 2024– Sep 2026

    Engineer, Digital Train Inspection

    Norfolk Southern · Atlanta, GA

  3. Jun 2023– Jul 2024

    Business Data Platform Manager

    Norfolk Southern · Atlanta, GA

    Built and maintained the SQL Server environments and ETL pipelines behind intermodal and automotive analytics, across DB2, SQL Server, and Teradata.

    • Cut ETL server footprint by 90%.
    • Sped up automated pricing models by 85%.
    • Delivered insights from 80M+ records; aggregated 10M+ historical intermodal records.
    • Managed 85+ ETL processes and 40+ Alteryx workflows; built an automotive data warehouse and dwell-tracking pipelines.
    • Ran SQL and Alteryx training so teams could self-serve.
  4. Nov 2021– Jun 2023

    Business Intelligence Analyst

    Norfolk Southern · Atlanta, GA

    Built ETL pipelines and BI tools on Teradata and DB2 for revenue accounting and finance users.

    • Automated 50+ payment-audit processes with Python and Alteryx, saving 45 minutes a day.
    • Cut month-end close by an hour by leading balance sheet reconciliation.
    • Designed cash-application tools, workflows, and reporting views.
  5. Feb 2020– Nov 2021

    Lease Accountant

    Norfolk Southern · Atlanta, GA

    ASC 842 lease classification, monthly reconciliations, and year-end reporting support.

    • Built an Excel VBA tool for vendor payments and invoice filing that saved 8 hours a week.
    • Cut monthly processing by 9 hours; brought in Microsoft Forms and Power Automate for quarterly lease surveys.
  6. Nov 2018– Feb 2020

    Lease Accounting Manager

    LeaseQuery · Dunwoody, GA

    Managed a portfolio of 900+ leases for 50+ public and private clients under GAAP, IFRS, and GASB.

    • Led a team of 3–5 through client software implementations.
    • Built a tool to automate lease-data reconciliation; proposed and shipped 8 time-saving processes in one quarter.
    • Presented process improvements to the department director and COO.
  7. Jan 2017– Jun 2018

    Accountant

    Silverton Mortgage · Atlanta, GA

    Automated check requests, expense reports, and marketing requests with VBA; handled AP, bank reconciliations, nonprofit bookkeeping, and new-branch setup.

03 · Toolkit

What I work with

Data engineering

  • SQL
  • SQL Server
  • Teradata
  • DB2
  • ETL pipelines
  • Data warehousing
  • Alteryx

Analytics & BI

  • Python
  • Tableau
  • Spotfire
  • Pricing models
  • Self-service analytics
  • Dashboards

Accounting & finance

  • ASC 842
  • GAAP / IFRS / GASB
  • Reconciliations
  • Month-end close
  • Revenue accounting
  • Cash application

Automation & AI

  • Excel VBA
  • Power Automate
  • JavaScript / React / Node
  • Local LLMs
  • Multi-agent systems
  • NVIDIA DGX Spark

Education

B.B.A., Accounting
University of West Georgia

Certificate

Full Stack Web Development
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018

Certification

Alteryx Designer
Alteryx

04 · Contact

Have a messy dataset or a decision to make? Let's talk.

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