Laura Burns

Laura Burns has been working in the business and data analysis field since 2008. Laura began their career as an Intern at IDEXX Laboratories before moving to Johnson & Johnson as a Marketing Co-Op in 2011. In 2012, they joined TJX as an Allocation Analyst and was later promoted to Senior Allocation Analyst. In 2014, they became a Program Coordinator at Syracuse University where they were responsible for the coordination and administration of an entrepreneurial program. From 2016 to 2018, they worked at Serco as a Career and Financial Counselor SFL-TAP, providing goal planning, education assistance, budgeting, debt management strategies, resume building and skills assessments. In 2018, they joined Mintel as a Data Analyst, Mintel Futures and Market Size Analyst, creating market sizes for 150 US syndicated reports annually and analyzing point of sale data to provide trends for top companies and brands in 100 markets. Currently, they are a Senior Business Analyst II at SpotHero.

Laura Burns attended Villanova University from 2008 to 2011, where they earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. Laura then went on to the University of Chicago, where they earned a Master of Science degree in Analytics from 2019 to 2021.