JACOB KAHN

Analytics & Enablement Leader

Jacob Kahn

Alteryx • Power BI • Automation • AI Enablement • Product Marketing

Analytics and enablement leader with 8+ years of experience building, scaling, and teaching modern analytics platforms.

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Professional Experience

Customer Success Manager — Savant Labs

Jan 2023 – Present | Remote
  • Built and launched Savant’s end-to-end learning ecosystem, including onboarding, bootcamps, certifications, and technical documentation
  • Authored 100+ help docs and tutorials focused on real-world workflows, adoption, and customer success
  • Served as the primary post-onboarding point of contact for customers, supporting ongoing adoption, success, and platform usage
  • Designed and recorded product videos and demos supporting product launches, AI features, and customer education
  • Partnered with product, engineering, and marketing to translate platform capabilities into clear customer-facing messaging
  • Led migrations from Alteryx, Excel, and Access to cloud-native analytics workflows
  • Built reusable workflow templates and manage the Savant Community to drive engagement and adoption

Principal Consultant, Alteryx Lead — phData

Aug 2021 – Dec 2022 | Remote
  • Led enterprise analytics delivery using Alteryx and Power BI across multiple clients
  • Managed and mentored consultants, including standing up new client environments with limited internal resources
  • Served as Alteryx Lead for phData’s Premier Partnership, supporting joint sales efforts, enablement, and client strategy
  • Acted as the bridge between Alteryx platform capabilities and real-world client use cases during sales and delivery cycles
  • Delivered a multi-million-dollar analytics enablement engagement focused on enterprise adoption
  • Wrote and published technical and thought-leadership content supporting analytics adoption and platform positioning
  • Supported post-acquisition integration of front-end analytics consulting into phData’s broader data engineering offerings

Consultant — Tessellation

Feb 2021 – Aug 2021 | Remote
  • Delivered analytics consulting in a startup environment focused on Alteryx and Power BI
  • Co-created DataCoach, an enterprise analytics learning and certification platform
  • Designed end-to-end analytics courses, learning tracks, and certification programs
  • Coached and certified enterprise users at scale, supporting long-term adoption

Tax Associate, Analytics Enablement — Grant Thornton LLP

Jun 2018 – Jan 2021 | New York, NY
  • First employee to become Alteryx-certified and introduce Alteryx into tax workflows
  • Helped launch the firm’s Tax Technology practice through analytics and automation
  • Traveled nationally to train CPAs and tax professionals through hands-on enablement
  • Created and taught an accredited internal CPE course focused on analytics tools
  • Built automation solutions supporting contract analysis and international tax workflows
  • Founded EqualityGT, Grant Thornton’s LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group in the New York office

Leadership & Skills

Leadership & Enablement

  • Enterprise analytics enablement
  • Team mentorship
  • Client training & workshops
  • Course and certification design
  • Community building

Technical

  • Alteryx
  • Power BI
  • Power Query
  • Workflow automation & data transformation
  • Technical documentation

Awards & Recognition

Alteryx Excellence Award — Best Predictive Analytics (2020)

Issued by Alteryx

Recognized for predictive analytics work delivered at Grant Thornton LLP.