Doug MacWilliams is a director in the Data Engineering and Analytics practice at West Monroe, a management technology consulting company.  Doug has a passion for designing and building data solutions at the intersection of business and technology.  He architects solutions that clients can own and operate, that unlock their data and deliver the needed insights to win in the marketplace.  With his business background he understands what insights business leaders want and how to transform their data to achieve it.  Doug has a proven track record delivering many successful projects and leads teams focused on data strategies, building data platforms and analytics.  He is a thought leader in data fabric methodology.

Doug received his undergrad at University of Colorado in Operations and started his career in custom manufacturing and furniture making.  He pivoted and moved into data with a master's in computer science focused on Computer Vision from DePaul University 15 years ago.  He then worked in telecom and boutique BI consulting company before joining West Monroe 8 years ago.

Doug has had the opportunity to travel extensively around the world, especially during his Semester at Sea in college, lived abroad after college and now resides in the Chicago Suburbs.  He is a mentor through his alumni program and volunteers in his local community.