Milwaukee-based IPA 100 firm Wipfli (FY24 net revenue of $588.8 million) announced the admitted Charley Boyle as the firm’s new chief data and analytics officer. Boyle brings a wealth of experience as a data strategy and AI products leader. His career spans more than two decades, during which he has developed global experience in decision analytics, specializing in digital data and AI transformation across multiple industries.
Boyle most recently served as a VP at Fortive where he oversaw the data strategy of three operating companies and served as product general manager for data and AI solutions. In leading enterprise-wide AI integration initiatives, his team translated customer insights into scalable SaaS solutions while optimizing user experiences.
At Wipfli, Boyle will draw on his deep experience building data science teams of excellence, focusing on amping up machine learning and AI, creating data products to monetize data and building AI solutions to drive data efficiency at the firm and better serve clients.
“We are excited to welcome Charley to Wipfli as our new chief data and analytics officer,” said Kurt Gresens, MP at Wipfli. “His mission to drive innovation and help ensure excellence in data strategy aligns perfectly with Wipfli’s values and growth goals. He will help us enable more advanced analytics and AI capabilities to improve efficiencies at the firm in our work and in our work with clients.”
Boyle’s data strategy vision includes positioning data as an enabler that serves business needs rather than a separate operational silo. “My plan really centers around building organizational trust in the data, establishing more effective data governance and then creating a sustainable foundation for enabling advanced analytics and AI capabilities that deliver measurable business value,” Boyle said.
