Kurt Mansperger

VP, Data & Reporting · TechTorch

kurt.mansperger@gmail.com 845-797-0506 linkedin.com/in/kurtmansperger github.com/kurtmansperger kurtmansperger.com Boston, MA

Summary

Data and technology executive with 19+ years spanning consulting, startups, and public-sector leadership. Currently VP, Data & Reporting at TechTorch, leading data architecture, analytics, and applied-AI delivery for PE-backed SaaS companies. Track record includes architecting a $1B+ SaaS billing platform, serving as CTO for a 500-person organization, and building LLM-based tools that recover revenue from unstructured contracts. Hands-on with data modeling, Salesforce, subscription billing, and modern AI tooling; equally comfortable owning a P&L conversation with a board or a schema review with engineers.

Core Skills

Data & Analytics
Data architecture · Data warehousing & ELT · Dimensional modeling · Data quality & deduplication · Data governance · SQL · Power BI · Azure Data Factory · Salesforce data model · Subscription billing (Zuora, Aria)
AI & Engineering
LLM extraction & structured outputs · Claude & agentic workflows · Solution architecture · Systems integration · Next.js / TypeScript · MS Power Platform · Airtable & Twilio automation
Leadership
Practice growth & hiring · PE portfolio-company advisory · Board & executive reporting · Offshore team management · Program management · Fractional CTO

Experience

VP, Data & Reporting | TechTorch

May 2024 — Present

Joined as Senior Data Architect; promoted to VP, Data & Reporting

  • Report to the president and lead initiatives that grow the Data & Reporting practice, including hiring, solution architecture, and delivery standards across concurrent PE-backed SaaS engagements (500+ employee clients).
  • Deliver board-level visibility into ARR, renewals, and operating KPIs by consolidating Salesforce, billing, and finance data into governed data warehouses and reporting layers.
  • Led data migration remediation for a $1B SaaS company: recovered missed billings, consolidated duplicate subscriptions, corrected invalid pricing, and established ongoing data-quality governance.
  • Designed a repeatable Salesforce account de-duplication system and ran a phased rollout that pre-measured and managed its impact on key business metrics.
  • Built an AI contract-intelligence tool that turns unstructured contract PDFs into structured terms and reconciles them against subscription and billing data, uncovering revenue leakage across multiple clients.
  • Introduced Claude-based agent workflows into delivery (requirements capture, user stories, UAT test cases, process and architecture diagrams), standardizing outputs across engagements.
  • Coach offshore engineers to understand the "why" behind requirements and solve problems end to end, raising both quality and throughput.

Principal Technology Consultant | Mansperger Makings

Jul 2023 — May 2024
  • Served as fractional CTO for multiple clients, owning technology strategy and operational leadership end to end.
  • Conducted enterprise-wide security assessments, hardened core system configurations, and ran targeted training that materially improved the security posture of a 30,000-person staffing organization.
  • Designed and implemented core systems and cross-platform integrations for five organizations, standardizing processes and saving hundreds of hours annually.
  • Built an AI-driven analysis of public data to surface strategic opportunities and flag risks for a top-tier international client.

Chief Technology Officer | Boston Public Library

Mar 2019 — Jun 2023
  • Directed technology strategy and operations for 500 staff across 27 locations; led 5 managers and 20 IT staff with a $5M annual budget, serving 4 million+ patrons.
  • Led the rollout of an analytics platform (Power BI, Azure Data Factory) that saved 1,500+ hours of data collection annually and made performance metrics visible across the organization.
  • Secured $3.4M in federal funding and deployed 6,200 computers and 3,000 routers with the Boston Housing Authority to bridge the digital divide.
  • Led recovery, communications, and security hardening with Microsoft DART and federal agencies following a ransomware attack.
  • Moved 500+ staff to remote work during COVID-19 by procuring, architecting, and rolling out new systems and processes.
  • Shipped operational apps that saved supervisors ~30 hours a week (shift filling on Airtable, Twilio, and Next.js) and improved social-work case data (MS Power Platform).
  • Rebuilt team culture around empathy, accountability, and results, cutting ~400 hours of meetings annually while raising engagement.

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer | First Step Coding

Nov 2016 — Mar 2019
  • Bootstrapped an education startup to $400K+ in annual revenue while preparing 500+ students for careers in tech.
  • Taught 15+ cohorts of introductory coding and data analytics, and forged partnerships with leading bootcamps.
  • Hired, trained, and managed instructors and TAs across 4 cities and online while maintaining an NPS above 76.

Senior Project Manager & Solution Architect | Intevity

May 2013 — May 2017

Formerly Twin Technologies

  • Architected the post-acquisition overhaul of a $1B+ SaaS conglomerate's billing system, generating $10M+ in annual revenue growth while reducing technical debt.
  • Managed agile teams and owned stakeholder relationships on custom development projects worth $1.5M+ annually across financial services, technology, retail, and startups.
  • Built a company-wide dashboard for project KPIs and forecast projections.

Senior Technology Consultant | Deloitte Consulting

Jun 2007 — May 2013
  • Managed up to 8-person development teams implementing state-wide eligibility systems (Medicaid, Unemployment, Nutritional Assistance).
  • Led development of an automated regression test suite, saving 400+ hours annually.
  • Created a pricing strategy and tracking model for a hospital network, increasing annual profitability by $3.2M.
  • Advanced from Summer Scholar to Senior Consultant; taught productivity and design classes to 200+ consultants.

Education

B.S. Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park · IEEE · Solar Decathlon (Smart Home Team)

B.S. Finance, University of Maryland, College Park · QUEST Honors Program (Six Sigma) · Hinman CEOs (Center for Entrepreneurship)

Certifications

Leanstack Continuous Innovation Coach · Agile Scrum Master · ITIL Fundamentals · Inquiry Method Life Coach

Board & Volunteer

Co-Founder, Board Member, Treasurer, Human Connections (Feb 2014 — Present)

Co-Founder, Board Member, Advisor, Investours (Jan 2008 — Feb 2015)

Outside Work

Created memorable culinary experiences · Refined negotiation tactics with my kindergartner · Transformed a 1930's cottage into a home · Reclaimed wood and gave it a new life · Biked across New England · Sailed our home from New York to Boston