Dan is responsible for planning and leadership related to data governance, data management, training and external benchmarking at UNT. Dan’s office is heavily involved in data governance, management and training activities for UNT’s new data warehousing and analytics program, collectively called the Insights Program. Prior to joining DAIR in 2017, Dan worked in a variety of progressive institutional research and effectiveness roles within the Dallas County Community College District, and as a research assistant in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas. Dan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Master’s Degree in Cognition and Neuroscience, and a Ph.D. in Cognition and Neuroscience from The University of Texas at Dallas. He is a frequent presenter at regional and national conferences related to institutional research and effectiveness, strategic planning, data management and higher education administration, and has authored posters and peer-reviewed journal articles related to his doctoral training in speech production and perception, speech development in children, and speech patterns of adults with autism.

Matthew leads the Data Modeling and Integration team that manages University of North Texas' legacy data warehouses in addition to developing the data models for the enterprise data warehouse that supports the Insights Program. The team utilizes numerous tools to access multiple databases and manage the ETLs that run nightly to support the reporting and analytics operations for student, financial, and human resources data at UNT and across the UNT System. Matthew's concentration is in Computer Science, resulting in earning Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Trinity University and Texas A&M University, respectively. He's spent over nine years in Higher Education, with more than seven years of experience across multiple departments at UNT.

Shannon provides data to meet the analytical and informational needs of UNT leadership. She assists with design, delivery and maintenance of information solutions containing financial and administrative data, working closely with the business to build and enhance methods of reporting according to the overall data architecture. She uses multiple platforms, including SAS Data Integration, Informatica, Cognos, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio and Framework Manager to deliver actionable data reporting for management decision-making. Her duties include mining financial and related information from a variety of sources in support of both internal and external reporting with increased responsivity for coordinating activities amongst administrative, fiscal, program and central administration areas as needed for senior leadership.