About Todd Blackwell, PMP

The Analyst Behind
the Analytics

Over 15 years, Todd Blackwell has built a reputation as the person operators call when complexity is costing them money. Working inside McDonald's, Wendy's, and KBP Brands — responsible for KFC, Taco Bell, Arby's, and Sonic — Todd led the analytics strategies that unlocked over $100M in revenue and improved profitability by 10%.

Today, through Precision Wave Analytics, Todd brings that same operator-level thinking to PE-backed food & beverage brands — translating the complexity of multi-brand, multi-market data into clear, actionable strategy.

Whether it's refining pricing across 1,000+ locations, deploying machine learning to sharpen forecasting, or rescuing a failing enterprise data platform — the approach is always the same: rigorous, collaborative, and built for real results.

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Experience

Where the Expertise Was Built

Dec 2024 – Present
Principal — Precision Wave Analytics

Lead consulting firm specializing in AI, BI, pricing strategy, and data science for PE-backed F&B operators.

Feb 2021 – Nov 2024
Sr. Director, Business Insights — KBP Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Arby's, Sonic)

Led end-to-end analytics across marketing, finance, and operations — delivering $30M revenue increase through pricing leadership.

2018 – Feb 2021
Director, Consumer & Business Insights — NPC International (Wendy's)

Drove 25% revenue increase in 6 months and 50% mobile adoption improvement through data-informed decision-making.

2012 – 2018
Region Insights Lead & Insights Director — McDonald's

Founded pricing strategic alignment group, optimising decisions across 8 markets and retaining $2B in revenue.

Recognition

Credentials & Awards

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Award
TOP 50 Data & Analytics Professional
🎖️
Award
CMO Marketing Excellence Award
Award
Consumer & Business Insights Director of the Year
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Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP)
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Education
Professional Certificate in Data Science — Harvard
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Education
MBA — Oklahoma City University
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Education
BS — Oklahoma Christian University
Core Specialties
Pricing Optimization Sales Forecasting AI/ML Strategy Business Intelligence Data Science Marketing Analytics Workday Financials Python R Power BI SQL Tableau
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