{"id":517422,"date":"2022-06-07T05:38:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T12:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=wherenext&#038;p=517422"},"modified":"2023-09-15T08:19:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T15:19:09","slug":"servpros-lela-davis-profile","status":"publish","type":"wherenext","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/servpros-lela-davis-profile","title":{"rendered":"How SERVPRO Forecasts Weather\u2014And Business Growth"},"author":501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[303812,479662,20762,177152,486642],"department":[476812,476782],"wherenext-category":[],"industry":[],"class_list":["post-517422","wherenext","type-wherenext","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-business-planning","tag-franchise-management","tag-marketing","tag-predictive-analytics","tag-wherenext-profiles","department-business-growth","department-new-analyst"],"acf":{"short_description":"As SERVPRO\u2019s in-house meteorologist and GIS expert, Lela Davis helps the company predict storms and map business growth.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"As a meteorology major at the University of Oklahoma, Lela Davis\u2019s passion to understand weather drove her, at times quite literally, into the paths of storms. At the wheel of a three-door Saturn crammed with weather measurement instruments and fellow students, she chased tornadoes amidst powerful winds and pounding rain."},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Left","content":"<strong>Article snapshot:<\/strong> SERVPRO\u2019s 2,000 locations help residents and businesses in the US and Canada recover after floods, fires, and unexpected events. Chief meteorologist Lela Davis uses location technology to give the company a head start on addressing customers\u2019 needs\u2014and planning for growth.","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Today, as chief meteorologist and geographic information system (GIS) project manager at SERVPRO, Davis doesn\u2019t chase storms\u2014she anticipates them, using data science to help the company and its customers respond to disruptions.\r\n\r\nSERVPRO is one of the nation\u2019s leading providers of cleanup and restoration services, including large-scale disaster recovery. Across 50 states and in Canada, its 2,000-plus franchisees help residents and companies recover from burst pipes, flooding, fire damage, and other disasters that often result from extreme weather. When a storm is developing, Davis uses GIS to provide SERVPRO franchises with real-time, location-based insight\u2014known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/location-intelligence\">location intelligence<\/a>\u2014on where storms are likely to hit and what kind of damage they could inflict.\r\n\r\nIn an industry where cleanup and restoration professionals often race against the clock to redress water or mold to mitigate damage, predictive analysis can sometimes help save a home or business.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019re trying to get out there and help all those people that probably had the worst day in their life,\u201d Davis says. \u201cIf we can just do one thing to help them out with that, that\u2019s what we want to do.\u201d\r\n<h3><strong>A Storm Plan\u2014and Business Strategy<\/strong><strong>\u2014Shaped by Data<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/five-ways-smart-maps-changed-business\/\">smart maps<\/a> Davis creates\u2014layered with data on storm movements, SERVPRO\u2019s franchise territories, topography, population, drive times, and other key metrics\u2014inform decision-making across the company, from executives to fast-response field teams.\r\n\r\nFranchisees use the location intelligence Davis shares to decide which equipment they\u2019ll need, where to stage operations, and whether to join regional response teams after far-reaching incidents.\r\n\r\nOver the past several years, her weather forecasts have demonstrated the business value of a geographic approach, and new applications of GIS have begun to spread across other business units at SERVPRO."},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_bo6ropqv","time":false,"start":0,"stop":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"An interactive dashboard she created gave the SERVPRO HQ Franchise Expansion team a first-ever comprehensive view of every franchise and its surrounding market opportunity.\r\n\r\nBy analyzing that map, sales managers identified submarkets where the company wasn\u2019t active, and signed up an additional 30 to 40 franchises to drive company growth and serve new customers, according to Laura Williams, SERVPRO\u2019s assistant vice president and director of franchise expansion, and a mentor to Davis.\r\n\r\nWith location insight, \u201cwe went from two-dimensional to four-dimensional overnight,\u201d says Chad Lewis, SERVPRO\u2019s assistant vice president of marketing and Davis\u2019s former manager. \u201cWe got this view of the map which allowed us to really rethink the [franchise] territories and how we can better serve people by having better resources and more resources in certain areas that required it.\u201d\r\n\r\nLocation intelligence also helps the marketing department customize messages to specific customer groups and regions across the country. With that precision, executives raise awareness of the SERVPRO brand and share tips on how to stay safe and prepare for storm damage.\r\n<h3><strong>SERVPRO's Multidimensional View of Weather Impacts<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nDavis is part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/grooming-spatial-business-transformers\/\">generation of savvy GIS professionals<\/a> providing businesses with operational intelligence to maintain continuity amidst increasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/the-business-executives-blueprint-for-sustainability\/\">climate volatility<\/a>. Even businesses not typically associated with weather are employing in-house analysts who can interpret how climate disruption could affect company assets.\r\n\r\nA leading telecommunications company is using location intelligence to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/climate-risk-mapping-at-att\/\">predict climate outcomes decades in advance<\/a> and situate data centers and cell phone towers away from areas of potential risk. Commercial ports are using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/supply-chain-simulation\/\">supply chain simulators<\/a> to avoid interruption to the global flow of goods caused by cyclones or extreme heat that warps train tracks.\r\n\r\nSERVPRO is unique because it\u2019s one of the few organizations whose employees run toward the danger. That makes it even more imperative to have the latest and most precise data to guide their efforts.\r\n\r\nAs a visual learner and communicator, Davis thinks often of how she presents that data. \u201cIn weather, you have to think in pictures,\u201d she says. \u201cEverything is in 3D. GIS is portraying images of all that data that\u2019s in your mind, and then putting it in a format where other people can understand it, where it may be harder to describe with words.\u201d"},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","image":517412,"text":"As a child, Lela Davis dreamt of tornadoes\u2014a common occurrence, she later learned, among kids who grow up to become meteorologists. She used to stand on the front porch of her home in Coopertown, Tennessee, with her father, watching in thrall as black storm clouds rolled in across the sky.","author_name":"","author_profession_organization":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><strong>From Chasing Storms to Chasing Data<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nWhen Davis first came to SERVPRO, her work had nothing to do with weather or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/enterprise-technology-behind-big-business-decisions\/\">GIS<\/a>\u2014she started out in the call center, gaining a ground-floor view of the business.\r\n\r\nManagers soon noticed her aptitude for data and the doggedness she brought to each task. \u201cIf you asked her to do something, you knew beyond a shadow of a doubt she was going to get it done,\u201d Williams says. \u201cAnd if she didn't get it done, it couldn't be done.\u201d"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Right","content":"<strong>Understanding Markets<\/strong>\r\n\r\nTo learn more about a geographic approach to market analysis and development, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/market-development\">this overview<\/a>.","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Lewis recruited her for an assignment on the marketing team. Like a lot of companies, SERVPRO wanted to understand how much of its business was driven by search engine marketing, so it could determine the ROI of that spending. Davis ended up identifying a few million dollars\u2019 worth of business that hadn\u2019t previously been attributed to the program, as well as the keywords that were most effective. As a result, Lewis\u2019s team was able to optimize their investment in online ads.\r\n\r\nThe search engine marketing was often tied to weather patterns and location, and Davis suggested to Lewis that she use her background in meteorology and location technology to help SERVPRO forecast storms.\r\n\r\nFueled by her passion for the subject, she taught herself how to adapt GIS analysis to the company\u2019s needs, fashioning a system that would send out map-based alerts and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/storymaps\">story maps<\/a> to SERVPRO executives and individual franchisees.\r\n<h3><strong>A New, Location-Based Picture for Decision-Making<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nThe local news or a mobile app can provide a general overview of what conditions to expect, but Davis tailors her analysis of storm and weather impacts to SERVPRO\u2019s business model. She shares insights about the location and magnitude of weather events, as well as specific impacts, like storm surge flooding that might afflict low-lying areas.\r\n\r\nThe software is key to turning information into insight.\r\n\r\n\u201cI think that\u2019s the coolest part of GIS, that integration of data,\u201d Davis says. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s data that wasn\u2019t created in GIS, but if you can incorporate that with the spatial side of things, it brings everything together. It makes things pop out that you may not have been able to see before.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe recipients of these weather-driven insights at SERVPRO include executives, large-loss specialists, business intelligence analysts, franchisees, and marketing leaders like Lewis. If Davis predicts a high-category storm for a high-population area, the company will pull commercials from major news channels to avoid the perception of advertising on top of a disaster. Once people are returning to their homes, SERVPRO might restart search engine marketing to connect them with services that can speed recovery.\r\n\r\nUnder normal conditions, a franchise can handle the cleanup and restoration demands in its assigned territory\u2014but when a major storm like Hurricane Florence or Hurricane Sandy descends, individual offices can become overwhelmed. In those cases, franchise owners from unaffected areas may travel in to help address the needs of residents and businesses. As those trips cost time and redirect focus away from home territories, Davis\u2019s forecasting assists owners in making those business decisions.\r\n\r\nShe also advises SERVPRO employees\u2014who are often among the first workers on the scene\u2014on measures to ensure their safety. For instance, in advance of Hurricane Sandy, she warned colleagues to expect more than a hurricane: a winter storm was following closely on its heels, dumping snow and making travel hazardous. Storm teams needed to plan routes ahead of time to account for that fact.\r\n<h3><strong>Seeing a Landscape of Business Growth<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nWhen SERVPRO was acquired by the private equity firm Blackstone in 2019, the executive team pushed for a more data-driven approach to drawing and licensing franchise territories. At Williams\u2019s behest, Davis pitched GIS as the platform to do it\u2014and won the enthusiasm of SERVPRO\u2019s leadership.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt was getting into the mapping of our territories that I think really opened the eyes of the executives [on] how we utilized GIS in our organization,\u201d Davis says. Some territories had been established years earlier, meaning the company might have overlooked subsequent opportunities created by shifts in population or development.\r\n\r\nBy analyzing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/confidence-in-new-markets\/\">customer demographics<\/a>, weather patterns, drive times, and urban and rural characteristics by location, smart maps helped show executives where to draw new lines to best serve their markets.\r\n<h2 id=\"anchor-test\"><\/h2>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_ix4fay6s","time":false,"start":0,"stop":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><strong>Exploring New Ways to Support the Business <\/strong><\/h3>\r\nIn recognition of how Davis\u2019s location insights have resonated across the company, SERVPRO recently moved her position to IT. In this new capacity, she\u2019ll serve as a liaison between departments that can benefit from mapping and weather insights. She also got the greenlight to hire a GIS analyst, freeing her for more strategic thinking about future applications of location intelligence.\r\n\r\n\u201cI really don\u2019t think we\u2019ve yet to see the true value of what this can bring to the table,\u201d Lewis says of Davis and her GIS work. \u201cI think the coolest part about this and what Lela has brought with this is the potential of what it could bring in the future. 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