Donnie Hale is a highly experienced professional currently serving as a Special Advisor at 2nd Order Solutions since April 2022, while also holding positions as a Teaching Assistant Professor and Director of the Graduate Business Analytics Certificate at North Carolina State University since August 2016. In addition, Donnie Hale has been the President of Numeric Answers LLC since May 2021 and previously held the role of President at Fourlevel Solutions Inc. from June 2015 to January 2020. Prior experience includes a tenure as VP of Marketing and Analysis at Capital One from July 1996 to July 2009, and involvement as a PhD student and Lecturer in PMBA Strategy at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina from August 2010 to August 2020. Donnie Hale earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Business Administration and Management from the University of South Carolina from 2010 to 2015 and holds a degree from North Carolina State University obtained between 1990 and 1996.