Sheila M. Anderson is the Chief Data and Analytics Officer (CDAO) for Daktronics. She focuses on the critical aspect of data in the company’s digital business transformation, embedding data into daily actions and decision-making across the company. Sheila pulls from her deep knowledge and understanding of the business, processes and data.
From 2012 through March of 2025, Sheila served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, leading the company’s finance and accounting functions, ensuring that the company’s processes and systems transact accurately, that financial information provides a foundation for strategic decision-making across the organization, and that the external reporting was compliant and engaging. She also provided financial leadership for the company’s digital transformation, strategic plan, treasury management, and acquisition strategy, was responsible for the company’s investor relations, and led the company’s risk and legal functions. She assumed the CDAO responsibilities in October 2024.
Before she was named CFO in 2012, Sheila was the company’s Corporate Controller for six years. She moved to that position after four years as a project accountant.
Prior to joining Daktronics in 2003, Sheila was a senior accountant, auditor and consultant.
Outside her work at Daktronics, Sheila is involved with various organizations, including the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry, monitoring laws and compliance to enhance the business environment in the state. She also provides guidance on corporate needs from higher education for the Ness School of Business and South Dakota State University.
In her spare time, Sheila enjoys reading, golfing, fishing, and spending time with her family and friends.
Sheila graduated from Southwest Minnesota State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and received her Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of South Dakota. She became a certified public accountant in 1996.