Metric ambiguity
Different definitions produce different truths—and erode executive confidence.
Signals by Thad/ Data strategy · Enterprise governance · Decision intelligence
The decision your data should be helping you make.
I help leaders turn fragmented data, competing definitions, and cross-functional constraints into trusted measures and defensible decisions.
01Evidence
02Operations
03Governance
DECISIONAction
15+years across complex organizations
159Georgia counties supported by statewide operations
50+affiliates aligned around common measures
~30%fewer reporting discrepancies
The real problem
Most organizations do not lack data.
They lack decision clarity.
Dashboards can show activity and still hide what matters. Strategy becomes defensible only when the metric, the operating reality, and the decision are designed together.
Operational blind spots
Aggregate reporting masks queues, friction, risk, and uneven performance.
Strategy without architecture
Priorities stall when ownership, governance, systems, and execution are disconnected.
Reading the signal
From signal to action.
I work at the intersection of strategy and execution—where a useful answer has to survive contact with policy, systems, workflows, and people.
Name the decision.
Clarify what must be decided, by whom, and what evidence would materially change the choice.
- Decision framing
- Stakeholder alignment
- Risk definition
Find the hidden constraint.
Trace the gaps across measures, governance, workflows, and systems that keep the truth out of view.
- Operational intelligence
- Data governance
- Performance diagnostics
Build the path to action.
Translate the insight into ownership, controls, operating rhythms, and an executable next move.
- Operating models
- Change leadership
- Executive decision support
Selected impact
Work that changed what leaders could see—and do.
01
Turned statewide operational activity into an executive decision system.
Built an operational intelligence environment connecting production volume, turnaround time, workflow queues, service performance, and workforce capacity across a statewide vital-records ecosystem serving 159 counties.
~30%reduction in reporting discrepancies through stronger validation and governance
02
Made performance comparable across 50+ affiliates.
Standardized KPIs, metric definitions, and analytics frameworks across varied operating models—strengthening accountability and executive visibility across a national network.
03
Reduced the distance between business intent and system reality.
Led SQL-based analytics, UAT, validation, and reporting assurance across payer and consulting environments—surfacing discrepancies before they became compliance or operational risk.
Experience
Built in high-stakes environments. Applicable far beyond them.
My background spans government, national organizations, consulting, payer operations, and enterprise transformation. The common thread is making complex systems more governable, visible, and actionable.
Georgia Department of Public Health
Data Quality & Informatics Manager · Leading data quality, reporting strategy, validation, operational intelligence, and modernization across Georgia’s statewide vital-records ecosystem.
InformatiQx ↗
Founder & Principal · Independent advisory practice focused on decision strategy, data governance, operational intelligence, and reporting defensibility.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Manager, Health Informatics · Standardized performance measures and governance across a national network of 50+ affiliates.
Anthem · ARDX · Kaiser Permanente
Progressive roles spanning data and business transformation, healthcare analytics, change leadership, regulatory reporting, and information operations.
About
I see the system behind the symptom.
I am Thaddeus D. Leavell, a data strategy, enterprise governance, and decision intelligence leader based in Atlanta. For more than 15 years, I have guided complex organizations through reporting transformation, performance measurement, data quality improvement, and operational modernization.
My foundation is in health information and informatics. My work is broader: designing the measures, governance, operating models, and assurance practices that let leaders act with confidence.
Master of Health InformaticsBS, Health Information ManagementRHIAUniversity of CincinnatiNAPHSIS Leadership AcademyAtlanta Technical College HIT Advisory Committee
Let’s make the decision clearer
Bring me the messy problem.
If the issue crosses strategy, data, operations, and execution, that is usually where I am most useful.