Joey Davis

Career Evolution

A Journey of Technical Excellence, Leadership, and Impact.

Strategic Leadership

2024-Present
Managing Data Technical Lead
JD North America

In recent years, Joey has fully transitioned into a strategic leader who balances technical innovation with people-first leadership. His impact is now felt at the executive level, across teams, and within the industry.

  • Executive-Level Influence: Leading initiatives with Adidas and global data partnerships.
  • Building a High-Performance Team: Transforming Enterprise Data Solutions (EDS) into an efficient, high-impact group.
  • Enabling Scalable Solutions: Implementing AI-driven PR reviews and streamlined infrastructure.
  • Empowering People: Driving mentorship programs like the Data Skills Boost.
  • Challenging & Elevating Standards: Holding teams to high-quality work while fostering collaboration and respect.

Joey is recognized for his leadership influence, balancing technical excellence, team enablement, and strategic vision.

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Leading Through Innovation & Team Empowerment

2022-2023
Sr. Data Engineer
Wabash
Managing Data Technical Lead
JD North America

By 2022, Joey had become a transformational leader. His impact now extended beyond technical expertise to culture, team empowerment, and strategic leadership.

  • Driving Team Autonomy & Trust: Created space for his team to operate independently while providing strong guidance.
  • Organizational Influence: Helped shape major initiatives like Hackathons and company-wide technology adoption.
  • Challenging the Status Quo: Pushed for continuous improvement and innovation within data management and analytics.
  • Mentoring & Culture Building: Created an environment where team members felt valued, supported, and empowered.

Joey was now recognized as not just a technical leader, but a culture builder, mentor, and advocate for innovation.

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Moving into Mentorship & Team Enablement

2020-2021
Data Engineer
Wabash
Sr. Data Engineer
Wabash

Joey's focus began shifting from individual execution to mentoring, systematizing knowledge, and building sustainable solutions. His leadership style evolved to empower teams and improve long-term efficiency.

  • Mentorship & Training: Invested in training others on DevOps processes and data best practices.
  • Building Scalable Infrastructure: Developed a data hub and API server, setting a strong foundation for future growth.
  • Ownership & Initiative: Took on "messy" or stalled projects, ensuring their successful completion.
  • Process Improvement Mindset: Continued finding better ways to implement new technologies and optimize workflows.

At this stage, Joey wasn't just solving problems: he was teaching others to solve them, building self-sufficient teams and scalable infrastructure.

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Expanding Influence & Driving Organizational Improvements

2018-2019
Software Engineer
Wabash
Sr. Software Engineer
Wabash

Joey's role expanded beyond execution as he started influencing broader team dynamics and strategic technology decisions. He was no longer just delivering solutions, he was rethinking how the organization leveraged technology at scale.

  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Worked closely with business analysts and IT teams to drive better solutions.
  • High-Stakes Problem Solving: Led the development of high-impact projects like the purchasing portal, Power BI integration, and Coupa invoicing implementations.
  • Efficiency & Scalability Focus: Optimized workflows, improving performance and delivery speed.
  • Reliability & Trust: Became the go-to person for high-priority, complex initiatives.

During these years, Joey transitioned from an individual technical expert to someone who could drive organizational change through his expertise and influence.

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Establishing Technical Foundations & High-Impact

2016-2017
Software Engineer
Wabash

In the early years of his career in technology, Joey quickly distinguished himself through technical mastery, efficiency, and a relentless drive to improve processes. He was known for rapidly picking up new technologies, optimizing workflows, and stepping into leadership on projects without hesitation.

  • Early Leadership & Initiative: Took ownership of critical projects like the Document Control System (DCS) and Test Lab Requests with little direction.
  • Rapid Technical Learning: Mastered new technologies and applied them effectively to improve DevOps processes.
  • Process Optimization: Implemented new versioning, build systems, and tracking dashboards.
  • Customer-Centric Execution: Delivered solutions that improved efficiency for both IT teams and end users.

At this stage, Joey was a highly skilled problem-solver, trusted to handle complexity and drive efficiency across multiple projects.

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Foundations in Visual Comm. and Functional Design

Prior to 2016

Before stepping into the world of technology, Joey worked in graphics and web development, driven by a passion for visual communication and functional design.

This mindset shaped Joey's approach to technology: where design wasn't just about presentation, but about usability, efficiency, and impact. Whether it was building intuitive web experiences or creating graphics, Joey's work was always guided by the belief that great design isn't just seen; it's experienced, interacted with, and used to solve real problems.