Director - Business Analytics
Daniel Sommerhauser enters his 4th season with the Royals in 2025 as the Senior Director of Business Analytics. His team operates in a cross-functional manner with other teams around the club, providing ticketing, marketing, financial and logistics data analysis and insights along with data-driven strategy leadership. Before joining the Royals, Daniel spent eight years as a data scientist and strategy leader at Cerner Corporation, and previously worked for the RAND Corporation and McDonald’s Corporation in data science, policy, and strategy-focused roles.
Daniel graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and a master’s degree in Statistics. He lives in Platte City, MO with his wife and their two daughters.