Wesley
McDonald
Business Analyst & Operations Strategist
I use data, operations experience, and technical skills to solve business problems. With 10+ years in leadership and a self-taught full-stack background, I build systems that drive growth and improve performance.
About
Business analyst and operations leader bridging the gap between data and decisions. With over a decade managing multi-million dollar operations, I bring a unique perspective: the best insights come from understanding both the numbers and the people behind them. My self-taught technical journey started from practical need. I saw inefficiencies in restaurant operations and built tools to solve them. From React-based inventory platforms to automated labor monitoring systems, every project starts with a real business problem and ends with measurable impact.
Economics
The Pennsylvania State University
Experience
Managing Partner
Texas Roadhouse - Palmyra, PA- Direct $6M P&L and 120-person team, analyzing weekly financials to keep COGS and labor costs on or below corporate benchmarks while delivering 9% YoY sales growth.
- Applied structured hiring, training, and performance analytics to cut annualized turnover from 130% to 86% and sustain top-quartile engagement scores.
- Built a React/TypeScript inventory intelligence platform that flags cost anomalies and powers predictive ordering.
- Shortened peak-hour check times from 30 to 20 min and improved table turns (62 to 59 min) by mapping guest flow data and redesigning staffing models.
Service & Kitchen Manager
Texas Roadhouse - York, PA- Led 100+ FOH/BOH employees, reviewing weekly P&L statements to align labor, COGS, and throughput KPIs with monthly targets.
- Built and deployed a full-stack curbside system (React, Firebase, Twilio) within one week - reduced wait times from 60 to 10 minutes while sustaining $20K-$30K daily to-go volume.
- Automated liquor ordering via React/Firebase/Google Functions workflow to eliminate stock discrepancies.
- Created a Node.js/Puppeteer labor monitoring tool that alerted managers via GroupMe, curbing unnecessary overtime.
- Engineered a Twilio SMS feedback program - highest participation rate among 13 market locations.
Hourly Manager / Bartender / Server
Texas Roadhouse - State College, PA- Led service and bar teams of 15-30 members per shift, maintaining sub-3-minute bar ticket times through workload balancing.
- Designed a statistical tracking spreadsheet to monitor server KPIs, identifying top performers and coaching opportunities.
Technical Specifications
Project Archive
Inventory Intelligence Platform
Analytics platform that flags cost anomalies across food categories and powers predictive ordering decisions. Reduced waste and improved purchasing accuracy.
Curbside Order Tracking
A real-time curbside operations management system built during COVID to coordinate parking, orders, and staff workflows for high-volume restaurant takeout.
View on GithubLabor Monitoring & Alerts
Automated scraper that monitored real-time labor hours data and alerted managers when overtime thresholds were approaching.
Employee Feedback Engine
SMS-based feedback program that achieved the highest employee participation rate among 13 market locations.