Zack Mazzoncini is the Founder and Head Coach of Data Story Academy, an award-winning training program that equips professionals to turn complex data into clear, compelling stories that drive decisions. In 2025, Data Story Academy won a Silver Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award for Best Competencies & Skill Development.

Over 15+ years, Zack has helped thousands of learners and hundreds of organizations build data-driven cultures centered around data storytelling. His proprietary frameworks teach teams to find the most important stories in their data, design intuitive visuals, and present insights that are impossible to ignore.

A University of Washington graduate in communications, rhetoric, and public speaking and co-founder of a Seattle based data and analytics firm (acquired in February 2021), Zack is widely regarded as one of the most entertaining and informative speakers in analytics. He delivers keynotes, workshops, and corporate training that inspire audiences to lean into creativity and rethink how they communicate with data.