Michael Bubulka

Professional Background

Military Operations Research Veteran Bringing Advanced Analytics Leadership to Complex Business Challenges

Experienced Operations Research Analyst and Data Scientist with 29+ years of active-duty U.S. Navy operations leadership, specializing in high-stakes decision support and large-scale analytical problem-solving. Proven expertise translating military systems analysis experience into civilian data science methodologies that drive measurable business outcomes. Combines rigorous analytical frameworks developed across Navy operations research, policy strategy, and organizational leadership with advanced data science capabilities in Python, R, SQL, Tableau, and Power BI.

Demonstrated Problem-Solving Under Pressure: Delivered critical decision support to senior Navy leadership on strategic initiatives affecting 2,500+ personnel and $16M+ in modernization investments. Redesigned organizational processes improving accuracy by 17-33% and utilization by 20%. Developed risk mitigation frameworks managing 1,000+ personnel across 13 organizations with zero operational failures. Led large-scale operations from 40-person departments to directing training support operations serving 80,000+ students annually—building analytics solutions that transformed data visibility and accelerated decision-making cycles.

Advanced Technical Capabilities: Builds predictive models, designs analytics dashboards, and develops data-driven decision support systems that translate complex operational challenges into actionable intelligence. Specializes in constraint-optimization problems, multi-variable system analysis, and deriving quantifiable business impact from enterprise-scale datasets. Military background in high-stakes analytical decision-making creates superior problem-solving instinct and stakeholder communication skills.

• Operations Research & Decision Support—29 years guiding strategic decisions under pressure
• Predictive Analytics & ML—Building models that solve real organizational problems
• Enterprise Data Solutions—Designing systems serving 40 to 80,000+ users
• Leadership + Technical Skills—Combining operations management expertise with advanced analytics capabilities
• Master of Systems Analysis (Operations Research); pursuing MS in Computer Science (Data Science focus)