Jim Burns

Jim Burns serves as the Senior Manager of Business Analytics at Dine Brands Global since June 2021, where responsibilities include preparing analyses for restaurant operations, focusing on sales trends, forecasts, and menu optimization. Prior to this role, Jim held positions at Warner Bros. Entertainment from 1998 to January 2020, including Executive Director of Digital Analytics, where Jim specialized in theatrical release analytics and consumer behavior modeling, and Executive Director of Sales Forecasting, where Jim significantly improved forecasting accuracy and department alignment. Jim holds a Master of Science in Administration (Quant MBA equivalent) and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from UC Irvine.