Case studies

Three engagements

A data platform for a charity with no data team

In delivery

UK children and families charity

The problem

Three systems that could not be reported on together, returns assembled by hand, and nobody in post to fix it.

What I did

A short paid discovery first, then a phased build with written sign-off at each stage. A lakehouse on Microsoft Fabric, automated ingestion, quality checks running before any dashboard existed, group-based access with safeguarding data held separately, and reporting embedded in the intranet staff already use. I also defined and recruited the permanent analyst role that inherits it.

Result

  • Around 65% off cloud analytics capacity cost Designed
  • No paid reporting licence per member of staff Designed

Data platform design & build

One target architecture to replace two legacy estates

Design complete

Large UK housing provider, through a consultancy partner

The problem

Two data platforms running side by side with no lineage or catalogue, while the core operational system underneath them was being replaced.

What I did

Mapped the current estate and ranked the gaps so they could be prioritised. Designed a single target lakehouse to replace both, broken into per-capability designs a build team can work from. Ran the tooling choices as a scored appraisal, with every recommendation held open until the review board ratified it.

Result

  • A target architecture consolidating two estates into one Designed
  • A documented, challengeable basis for every tooling recommendation Designed

Enterprise data architecture

Invoice reconciliation, automated

Delivered

Major UK retailer, finance function

Designed and led the reconciliation of a multi-billion-pound offline order process, replacing manual collation across scattered sources with an automated extract the finance team could audit.

Data platform design & build

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