I build data platforms
and the strategy around them.
Arete is one person: Phil Pearson, 25+ years in data. Data strategy, platform delivery and enterprise architecture for UK organisations. I do the work myself.
What I do
Four core services, all of them work I have delivered in the last twelve months.
Data strategy
Five fixed-scope sprints, from a one-week read on where you stand to a twelve-week strategy and MVP, built on an eight-pillar model.
Read moreData platform design & build
Governed lakehouse platforms on Microsoft Fabric and Azure, with data quality, access control and cost management built in from the first pipeline.
Read moreEnterprise data architecture
As-is and target-state architecture, tooling decisions you can defend at a review board, master data design and migration scoping.
Read moreFractional data lead
Interim ownership for organisations with no data function, including defining and recruiting the permanent role and handing over to it.
Read moreWhy most data programmes stall
91.9% of executives named culture, people and process as the greatest impediment to becoming data driven. 8.1% named technology.
NewVantage Partners, Data and AI Executive Survey 2022.
The technology usually works; the organisation around it does not. So engagements here start with the business problem and the people who own it, and the platform follows.
Not sure where to start?
A short call, no charge. Tell me what is not working and we can see whether I can help.
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