Speaker Profile

An All-American, champion, scholar-athlete, and high-performing executive, Shane Battier is renowned
for his unique use of data and analytics to pinpoint optimal strengths and weaknesses to help teams of
all kinds reach their full potential.
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He has deployed this extensive understanding of analytics in his former role as Vice President of
Analytics and Basketball Development for the Miami Heat and to power efficiency and efficacy as a
board member for a diverse range of organizations, including YEXT, Garnett Station, the BOA Acquisition
Company, the Center for Ethics and Leadership at Duke University's Fuqua School (COLE), the Positive
Coaching Alliance (PCA), and several others.
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Shane is highly regarded as a pioneering voice in how organizations can better incorporate analytics and
data into their protocols and company cultures to reach the highest ranks of achievement. He made his
mark on professional basketball as the first player in NBA history to combine groundbreaking analytic
thinking with traditional basketball philosophies at an elite level, as a key member on championship
teams both at the professional (Miami Heat 2012 and 2013) and the collegiate (Duke Blue Devils, 2001)
levels. A first-round NBA draft pick (6th overall) in 2001, his honors include the NBA All-Defensive
Second Team (2008 and 2009), the NBA Teammate of the Year (2014), and the NCAA Final Four Most
Outstanding Player, First-Team All American spot, the consensus National Player of the Year, Academic
All-American of the Year, and John Wooden Award and Naismith Award (all in 2001). He was inducted
into the Academic All-America Hall of Fame (2015) and the College Basketball Hall of Fame (2019).
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He is a sought-after speaker and consultant on the topic of discovering and supporting organizational
catalysts. He has been the subject of a Harvard Business School case study (2010) and an inspiration for
the book The Catalyst Effect (Toomer & Caldwell). Shane is also the founder of the Take Charge
Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing resources for the development and education of
underserved youth and teens.

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