Donnie Coggins has joined the team at Mariner [2], a leading business intelligence and analytics [3] company in the Southeast. As a business development manager, he will work with innovative leaders in SC who are eager to provide their decision makers with analytic solutions to improve competitive advantage.

“Donnie brings a tremendous amount of experience in the business intelligence industry,” noted Philip W. Morris, Mariner co-founder and CEO. “He understands that managers are interested in making improvements gained from thorough analysis. More importantly, he understands the cultural shifts that are required for decision support tools to take hold. Donnie is able to help managers develop adoption strategies that plant the seeds of positive change,” Morris added.

With over 35 years of sales, sales management, and business development experience, Donnie spent the last spent 10 years with Follett Software and TetraData Corporation helping education executives use data and analytics to improve education outcomes for students. He worked with education leaders at the state, regional, and district level to develop strategies for using data and information to define policy and evaluate program efficacy. A proud Clemson University graduate, he is deeply rooted in his community, serving as the Deacon Chair at First Baptist Church Mauldin, serving on the board of Langston Charter Middle School, and member of the Christian Business Men’s Connection.

Connect with Donnie on LinkedIn [4].

About Mariner

For more than a decade, Mariner has been helping clients leverage their data - from any data source to any device - through the use of business intelligence, analytics, data warehousing, business scorecards and performance management dashboards. Mariner serves clients in a variety of industries including utility, healthcare, education, media and manufacturing sectors. Singularly focused on providing analytic solutions, we help business people organize, use, analyze and share data to achieve financial and operational goals. Equipped with Mariner’s solutions, organizations are able to improve sales, customer service, logistics, productivity and financial insight. Mariner is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner with competencies in Business Intelligence and Data Platform. Mariner-Insight to Achieve. www.mariner-usa.com [5]