Hands in the Architecture. Eyes on the Outcome.

Damarius McNair, Operations and Technology Strategist

Damarius McNair operates at the intersection of strategy and execution. Over eight years across fleet management at Enterprise Mobility, retail operations at Lowe's and Walmart, and nonprofit technology at Kingdum Living Ministry, he has built the kind of infrastructure that turns operational data into real decisions.

His approach is direct: identify the inefficiency, root-cause it with data, and build a system that prevents it from recurring. Whether that means a SQL-driven model that found a $221K overtime leak hiding in scheduling data, a Power BI dashboard that replaced two people's worth of manual Excel reporting, or a HIPAA-compliant Firebase and GCP architecture for a nonprofit with no prior infrastructure — McNair builds for durability.

He holds an MBA in Business Analytics from UNC Pembroke and a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. He combines hands-on technical capability with P&L ownership and executive-level communication — equally at home presenting risk outputs to a board as he is debugging a data pipeline at 11 p.m.

Career

  1. Featured

    Technical Architect – Cloud Systems & Data Infrastructure

    Kingdum Living Ministry  ·  Founding Tech Lead & Treasurer

    2024 – Present

    Brought on as the founding technology lead for a faith-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit planning 100–150 residents across ten integrated recovery and reentry programs. Built the organisation's complete technology infrastructure, brand identity, and capital campaign documentation from scratch — and currently serves as Treasurer. The infrastructure underpins a $2.5–4M capital campaign across grants, government contracts, and Medicaid.

    • Architected 3-layer HIPAA-compliant cloud on 13 Firebase/GCP services — PHI, business logic, and public systems cleanly separated
    • Built full-stack web platform powering 10 operational data flows: client mgmt, vocational training, reentry, mobile ministry & more
    • Authored 12-part HIPAA Reference Playbook with RBAC design, breach notification, incident response, and NIST-aligned risk register
    • Produced capital campaign documentation underpinning $2.5–4M funding initiative
    • Designed brand identity — logo suite, color palette, typography, and visual standards — from scratch
  2. Operations

    Process Operations Manager

    Enterprise Mobility

    Jan 2022 – Nov 2025

    Scaled a 4,600-unit fleet market to 5,600+ units through data-driven territory analysis, generating $15.9M in new revenue capacity. Applied SQL root-cause analysis to scheduling data and identified a $221K overtime leak nobody had looked at before — reducing overtime costs by 23%. Deployed automated KPI dashboards in Power BI that improved staffing efficiency by 15% and delivered real-time visibility to senior leadership, replacing two to three people's worth of manual Excel reporting.

    • Scaled fleet market from 4,600 to 5,600+ units — $15.9M new revenue capacity
    • Drove 23% overtime reduction through SQL-driven root-cause analysis
    • Deployed Power BI KPI dashboards improving staffing efficiency 15%
    • Automated HRIS and reporting pipelines via API workflow integrations
    • Delivered competitive market intelligence informing executive expansion decisions
  3. Operations

    Assistant Store Manager, Operations

    Lowe's Home Improvement

    Jan 2020 – Jan 2022

    Directed 60+ team members through pandemic-era supply chain disruption, maintaining full operational continuity. Designed a data-driven talent retention initiative that cut employee turnover by 50%. Built custom performance reporting tools that contributed to a 21% increase in key category sales and a 27% improvement in forecast accuracy.

    • Reduced employee turnover 50% through data-driven retention initiative
    • Drove 21% increase in key category sales through custom reporting tools
    • Led 60+ team members through pandemic-era supply chain disruption

Featured Work

Analytics / Operations

Fleet Ops Analytics

SQL-driven fleet operations analytics dashboard for overtime cost analysis and KPI tracking at scale. Built from the real problem of a 5,600-unit fleet where scheduling inefficiency was costing the region significant annualised dollars. Identifies the leak before it becomes a budget line item.

Stack: SQL · Power BI · Python · KPI Architecture

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Nonprofit / Automation

Grant Opportunity Matcher

Automated grant discovery and matching tool built to support the $2M–$5M capital campaign for Kingdum Living Ministry. Surfaces relevant funding opportunities aligned to program areas, geography, and eligibility criteria — replacing hours of manual foundation research with automated pipeline output.

Stack: Python · API Integration · Automation · Nonprofit Tech

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Cloud / Compliance

HIPAA Firebase GCP

HIPAA-compliant cloud architecture on Firebase and Google Cloud Platform. Designed to handle PHI, criminal justice records, and children's data across ten integrated service programs for a healthcare-adjacent nonprofit. Thirteen GCP services secured across three architecture layers with full BAA coverage.

Stack: Firebase · Google Cloud · HIPAA · Security Architecture

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Field Notes

Frameworks, failures, and field notes from the data layer.

Tools & How-Tos

A Simple Framework for Deciding Which AI Tool to Use First

July 2025

There's a pattern playing out inside operations teams right now that I recognize immediately: someone returns from a conference, or reads a vendor case study, and suddenly the team is evaluating tools before they've asked a single question about their own processes.

TOGAF / EA

What TOGAF Actually Is and Why Operations Leaders Should Care

AI Operations

How I Reduced Overtime Costs 23% Without Cutting Headcount

AI Operations

Why Most AI Implementations Fail

AI Operations

What Lean Six Sigma Taught Me About AI

Nonprofit Tech

The Nonprofit Sector Has a Technology Access Problem

BI & Data

Why Nobody Used My Power BI Dashboard