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Power BI Consulting · Dallas, TX

Your data exists.
Your decisions
shouldn't wait for it.

Mid-market companies in Dallas are sitting on Power BI investments that aren't delivering. We fix that — using a Decision-First framework that starts with your business goal, not your data.

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Zero failed engagements
Senior delivery — no hand-offs
HUBZone & MBE Certified
Dallas, TX — serving nationally
▲ 54% Goal Achievement
FINANCE DASHBOARD — COMMERCE
CommerceFoundation
Annual Revenue Goal
$9.87M
54% achieved
YTD vs Budget
–$641K
▼ 6% variance
vs Last Year
+$412K
▲ 4.4% YoY
YTD BUDGET VS ACTUAL BY MONTH
CURRENT YTD VS LAST YEAR
TOP CONTRIBUTORS
D. Mercer
K. Whitfield
S. Nguyen
BY DEPARTMENT
Member Forum
Risk Workshop
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🎯 Decision-First BI Framework™
✅ Zero failed client engagements
🔒 Senior delivery — no junior hand-offs
📍 Dallas, TX — serving mid-market nationally
🏛️ HUBZone · MBE · SAM Certified
The Real Problem

Power BI is installed.
It's just not working.

Most mid-market companies have already invested in Power BI. The problem isn't the tool — it's that dashboards were built starting with the data instead of starting with the decision that needed to change.

The result: dashboards nobody opens, reports leadership doesn't trust, and BI teams stuck rebuilding the same thing every quarter.

See how we fix it
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Executives don't open the dashboards Built for IT sign-off, not for the CFO's Monday morning. No adoption because no design for how leadership actually makes decisions.
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Competing numbers across departments Finance says one thing, sales says another. No single source of truth means every meeting starts with a data argument instead of a decision.
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Manual reporting that never ends Teams spending 10–22 hours per week exporting to Excel, formatting slides, and building reports that are outdated before they're delivered.
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Data disconnected from business goals Dashboards show activity, not outcomes. No line of sight from daily metrics to the revenue or cost targets leadership actually cares about.
Our Methodology

The Decision-First
BI Framework™

Every Power BI consulting engagement we run starts at the top of the Gartner Value Pyramid — with the business outcome your leadership needs to hit — and works backward to the data. Not the other way around.

This is why our dashboards get opened. Because they were designed around the decision, not the dataset.

Decision-First BI Framework™ Power BI Precision Audit™
See it in action →
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Define the business outcome firstWhat does leadership need to achieve? We start here — not with your data schema.
2
Map personas to usage scenariosCFO and Director need different things from the same data. We design for both separately.
3
Storyboard the dashboard narrativeGoal → KPI Snapshots → Trends → Contributors. Every dashboard tells a complete story.
4
Validate with wireframe before buildingYou approve the layout on real data before a single line of DAX is written.
5
Deliver POC — prove ROI before full rolloutYou see results before committing to production. No surprises at launch.
What We Do

How we move the needle

From a single Power BI audit to a fully managed BI function — engagements sized to where you are and where you need to go.

CORE SERVICE
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Power BI Consulting
Decision-first dashboard strategy, data modeling, and executive reporting for mid-market organizations. We start with the business outcome leadership needs to hit — and work backward to the data. Every engagement, every time.
Decision-First BI Framework™ Power BI Precision Audit™ Azure BI Stack
Power BI Precision Audit™ — know exactly what to fix before spending on build
Executive dashboards designed around how leadership actually makes decisions
Azure Data Factory + Power BI for organizations needing enterprise-grade data infrastructure
Proof of concept on your real data — you see results before committing to full rollout
100% adoption track record across financial, freight, construction, and association sectors
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BI Strategy & Roadmap
Not sure which dashboards to build or where your BI investment is leaking? We map your entire data landscape, align on high-impact priorities, and deliver a 12-month roadmap before a single dashboard is built.
NDW Business Intelligence Blueprint™ — 4-phase framework
BI maturity assessment and gap analysis
Governance model, KPI ownership, adoption plan
Construction firm, $100M revenue
50% faster month-end close · $1.2M annual savings · 80% exec adoption
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AI Readiness Assessment
A structured framework to evaluate where AI can generate real ROI — before you commit budget to tools that won't stick. Built for organizations that already have BI working and want to know what's next.
Use case prioritization ranked by ROI potential
Honest assessment of your data and infrastructure readiness
90-day implementation roadmap with quick wins identified
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IT Staffing
Vetted BI and data professionals placed fast. We know what good data talent looks like because we are it — contract, contract-to-hire, or permanent placement.
Pre-vetted Power BI developers and data engineers
Contract, contract-to-hire, or permanent
Faster placements through direct practitioner network
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🏛️ Government Contracting — available as prime or teaming partner
SAM Registered HUBZone Certified MBE Certified Learn more →
Client Results

What the work actually delivers

Two recent engagements. Different industries, same methodology, measurable outcomes every time.

Mid-Market Financial Organization · Power BI

From fragmented financials
to real-time CFO dashboards

Data scattered across three systems. Manual reconciliation extending close periods by days. No real-time visibility into whether the annual revenue target would be hit. The CFO was making strategic calls on month-old data.

Decision-First BI Framework™ applied. Starting with the CFO's mission-critical priority — not the data schema — we mapped every layer from business outcome to data source before opening Power BI.

100%
Dashboard adoption at 30 days
3→1
Systems unified — single source of truth
Real-time
Visibility replacing month-end discovery
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Started with the CFO's goal — not the dataDefined the mission-critical priority before any data conversation. Most consultants skip this step entirely.
02
Designed separately for C-suite and DirectorsStrategic oversight and tactical contributor management require different views of the same data.
03
Client approved layout on real data before buildZero scope surprises at launch. You see exactly what you're getting before a single DAX formula is written.
04
CFO and COO open it every Monday morning100% adoption because the dashboard was designed around their decision — not the dataset.
Verified Client Outcomes
15×
Annualized ROI
Freight carrier · Azure + Power BI · 90-day verified
87%
Faster reporting
48 hrs/week → 6 hrs/week · same freight engagement
$1.2M
Annual savings
Construction firm · BI strategy + Power BI rollout
100%
Dashboard adoption
Financial org · CFO + COO open every Monday
All figures from completed client engagements — not projected or industry averages
Why Nexus Data Works

Senior consultants.
Proven methodology.
Results before commitment.

Every engagement is run by senior consultants who have delivered across financial services, freight, construction, and association management. You're never passed to a junior analyst after the kickoff call. Our Decision-First BI Framework™ means you see a working proof of concept on your actual data before any full production commitment.

We don't measure success by dashboards delivered. We measure it by whether leadership opens them and makes faster decisions because of them.

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Zero failed engagementsAcross 47 completed projects in financial services, freight, construction, and non-profit sectors. Not a single scope failure or abandoned rollout.
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Senior delivery — no hand-offsThe consultant you speak with in discovery is the one who builds your solution. No bait-and-switch to junior staff post-contract.
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Proprietary Decision-First methodologyThe Decision-First BI Framework™ and Power BI Precision Audit™ are our IP — built from hundreds of hours of client engagement and refined engagement by engagement.
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HUBZone · MBE · SAM RegisteredCertified for government procurement. Available as prime contractor or teaming partner on federal and state contracts.
Get Started

Find out exactly where your
Power BI investment stands

Book a free 30-minute Power BI Precision Audit™. We'll map your current reporting environment, identify your highest-ROI opportunities, and show you exactly what a decision-first approach changes for your team — no pitch deck, no fluff.

STEP 01

Book a 30-min call

No prep needed. Just show up and talk through where your data is and isn't working.

STEP 02

Get your audit findings

We map your current state, identify the gaps, and score your highest-ROI opportunities.

STEP 03

See a working POC

We build a proof of concept on your actual data. You see results before committing.

STEP 04

Decide with confidence

Full engagement only if the POC proves value. You're never locked in before you see results.

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