About
Brandon Wilhoite
I write about baseball, money, and the way systems work; and I build the models and frameworks that form the arguments.
The short version
I've spent the better part of twenty years doing work that doesn't fit a single job title. I've been a writer, A luxury fashion GM, an analyst, a strategist, a compliance architect, a COO, a consultant, a data science mentor, and every kind of salesman you can imagine. The thread running through all of it is the same: I take complicated things and make them legible; whether that's an argument in prose, a model in code, or a regulatory framework in a document someone must live and/or work with.
What I'm looking for
I'm open to roles that use more than one of these skills at once. The ideal situation is somewhere that needs a person who can write the strategy document, build the model behind it, and explain both to a room of executives without losing anyone. That's what I do.
If you have a consulting engagement, an analytics or strategy role, or a writing or editorial need that fits this profile, the contact page is one click away.
The longer version
My background spans data science, compliance, risk, operations, and Web3 because the most interesting problems don't stay in one lane. I've held titles across Director of Data Services, Chief Compliance Officer, COO, and Head of Data, often running multiple functions simultaneously.
My analytical work has covered sports simulation modeling, baseball statistics, market pricing engines, payment transaction risk scoring, and supply chain tokenization. My writing has covered baseball analytics, business and labor economics, media criticism, cultural commentary, and long-form personal essays. I solve problems, whatever and wherever they may be, and I make systems and processes efficient and profitable.
On the technical side, I've built scoring models in Python, automated CRM systems in Google Apps Script, designed AML/KYC compliance requirements and architecture for fintech platforms operating under dual US-UK regulatory oversight as well as for GCC-region asset funds. I’ve served as COO for a Web3 infrastructre firm and its subsidiary tracking $15.5M in tokenized regulated transactions. I've also mentored a data analyst through a 13-week curriculum to data scientist from designing the program, teaching it, and assessing the outcome.
On the writing side, I've published sports analysis, business commentary, film and cultural criticism, and essays on topics ranging from labor economics to textual criticism. I've attended 400+ MLB games across 30 stadiums. I've watched enough baseball to have opinions worth reading, and enough of everything else to have a foundation to apply knowledge and experience across industries and implementations, specializing in out-of-the-box, unique solutions that center brand value, client experience, and securing profitability.
What I do well: take complex, ambiguous problems: A new financial product that needs a risk model, a DeFi protocol that needs compliance infrastructure, a team that needs a data strategy... and build the frameworks, systems, and processes that make them possible and executable.