About Erich Donahue

I’m a decision-science product and data-platform leader in the Orlando area. I build practical digital products and data tools that help people make clearer decisions. Most of my favorite work sits somewhere between product judgment, technical depth, and the unglamorous cleanup needed to make a system reliable.

Professionally, my path runs from branch operations and regulated financial-services analytics through Capital One digital product analytics and into Disney Parks & Resorts decision science. I’ve managed analysts, taught technical curriculum, supported executive and product reporting, and led modernization work that turns legacy analytical systems into maintainable Python, SQL, CI/CD, cloud, and BI workflows.

Outside formal work, I keep an Open Workbench of local-first apps, music tools, hardware experiments, and recovered projects. That includes Discogs Spinner for browsing a vinyl collection, Endless Loader and FxPatchSDK for Polyend Endless pedal workflows, HX Stomp tooling, Raspberry Pi/Zimaboard/ESP32 systems, and local AI/LLM experimentation on workstation infrastructure.

My desk is usually some mix of analytics work, guitar gear, a record I meant to catalog, a half-finished Python tool, and a hardware experiment that probably needs one more cable. I like projects where the practical and the personal overlap.

The through-line is simple: I like tools that are useful at the desk. A dashboard. A record picker. A patch loader. A clean pipeline. A small interface that makes a messy system easier to understand.

This site is where I keep those threads together: decision tools, records, music, hardware, and the practical experiments that keep me learning.