Build Trust in Your Numbers.
I help growing companies create trusted reporting systems that align business processes, data, and analytics — so leadership can make decisions with confidence.
RISE Data Solutions is built for companies that have outgrown spreadsheets, manual reporting, and disconnected data but are not yet ready to hire a full internal BI team.
When you work with RISE, you work directly with me — an experienced analytics consultant who understands both the business side and the technical side of reporting.
Because better decisions begin with trusted data.
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When Reporting Becomes a Barrier to Growth
Who I Help?
I work with growing companies that need better reporting, clearer metrics, and stronger analytics leadership without hiring a full-time BI team.
RISE Data Solutions is a strong fit for companies that are:
Generating approximately $20M–$250M in annual revenue
Relying heavily on Excel or manual reporting
Using ERP, CRM, finance, operations, or sales systems that do not easily work together
Struggling with inconsistent KPIs or conflicting versions of the truth
Asking business users to produce reporting without enough structure or guidance
Ready to improve decision-making through better reporting and analytics
If your team spends more time preparing, reconciling, or debating reports than acting on the information, I can help.
How I Help
Reporting & Analytics Assessment
For companies that know reporting is messy but do not know where to start.
I review your current reporting environment, data sources, manual processes, KPI definitions, and stakeholder needs to identify where trust is breaking down and what should be improved first.
Typical deliverables include:
Current-state reporting review
Key report and data source inventory
Stakeholder interview summary
KPI and definition gap analysis
Manual process and risk assessment
Prioritized recommendations
30/60/90-day reporting roadmap
Best for: Companies that need clarity before investing in new dashboards, systems, or analytics resources.
My Point of View
Dashboards do not create data-driven companies.
People do.
Technology is important, but tools alone do not create trust. Power BI, Excel, SQL, Microsoft Fabric, and modern analytics platforms are valuable only when they are built on a strong foundation of business understanding, consistent definitions, reliable processes, and clear decision-making needs.
Every KPI is a business definition before it is a technical calculation.
Every report should answer a business question.
Every reporting system should help leaders make better decisions.
That is why I start with the business before the technology.
The RISE Framework
Every engagement follows a practical framework designed to build trust, reduce complexity, and improve decision-making.
Reveal
I uncover how your business, data, and personal reporting processes actually work today.
This includes understanding current reports, manual processes, systems, stakeholders, data sources, pain points, and where confidence in the numbers begins to break down.
Goal: Understand reality before prescribing a solution.
Interpret
I translate what the data, systems, processes, and reporting gaps are telling us.
This is where I help align business definitions, connect data sources, identify process gaps, reconcile conflicting metrics, and clarify what leaders actually need to know.
Goal: Turn complexity into shared understanding.
Simplify
I reduce noise, manual effort, and unnecessary complexity.
This may include consolidating reports, automating recurring processes, modernizing Excel workflows, improving data models, and building dashboards or reporting tools that answer real business questions.
Goal: Make reporting easier to use, easier to maintain, and easier to trust.
Elevate
I help your team use trusted reporting to make better decisions.
This includes training, documentation, adoption support, governance, executive alignment, and ongoing advisory to help reporting become part of how the business operates.
Goal: Move from reporting activity to business impact.
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About RISE Data Solutions
RISE Data Solutions was founded on a simple belief: the biggest reporting challenges are rarely just technical. They are usually business challenges.
Over the years, the same pattern repeats across organizations:
Reports do not match.
Teams define metrics differently.
Manual processes create risk.
Dashboards are built, but leaders still do not fully trust the numbers.
RISE was built to help solve these problems. The work focuses on helping organizations understand how their business operates, how their data flows, where trust breaks down, and how reporting can become a tool for better decisions and business improvement.
Power BI, Excel, SQL, and Microsoft Fabric are powerful tools. But trust is the real outcome.
Why Work With Me
When you work with RISE Data Solutions, you work directly with Dustin Rodarmel — bringing more than 12 years of experience across finance, reporting, analytics, business intelligence, master data management, and consulting.
That experience spans small to mid-sized businesses and enterprise organizations, focused on improving reporting, automating manual processes, defining KPIs, and building analytics solutions that support better decision-making.
What that means in practice:
Direct access to senior-level experience from start to finish.
No handoff from sales to delivery.
No junior resource learning your business on your time.
No generic reporting template forced onto your situation.
Just practical, business-first analytics guidance from someone who understands both the numbers and the technology behind them.
Strategic Consulting Services
Reporting & Analytics Assessment
For companies that know reporting is messy but do not know where to start.
I review your current reporting environment, data sources, manual processes, KPI definitions, and stakeholder needs to identify where trust is breaking down and what should be improved first.
Typical deliverables include:
Current-state reporting review
Key report and data source inventory
Stakeholder interview summary
KPI and definition gap analysis
Manual process and risk assessment
Prioritized recommendations
30/60/90-day reporting roadmap
Best for: Companies that need clarity before investing in new dashboards, systems, or analytics resources.
Executive Reporting Modernization
For leadership teams that need better visibility into business performance.
I help design and build trusted reporting systems that reduce manual work, align key metrics, and give leaders a clearer view of the business.
Typical deliverables include:
Executive KPI alignment
Data source and process review
Power BI dashboard development
Excel reporting modernization
Data modeling and transformation
Reporting automation
Documentation and user training
Post-launch support
Best for: Companies that want to replace fragmented reporting with trusted executive and operational visibility.
KPI Alignment & Reporting Strategy
For companies where teams define the same metrics differently.
I help leadership align on the numbers that matter, define KPIs clearly, establish reporting priorities, and create a practical roadmap for better analytics.
Typical deliverables include:
KPI definition workshops
Metric ownership recommendations
Business rule alignment
Reporting priority list
Data governance recommendations
Analytics roadmap
Build vs. hire vs. outsource guidance
Best for: Companies that need shared definitions and strategic direction before scaling reporting.
Fractional BI Advisory
For growing companies that need senior analytics guidance without hiring a full-time BI leader.
I provide ongoing advisory support across reporting strategy, analytics prioritization, dashboard reviews, KPI governance, stakeholder alignment, and business intelligence execution.
Typical support includes:
Monthly analytics strategy sessions
Reporting roadmap management
Dashboard and report backlog prioritization
KPI governance
Power BI and Excel advisory
Data quality issue triage
Internal team coaching
Executive reporting reviews
Ongoing improvement planning
Best for: Companies that need consistent analytics leadership but are not ready to build a full BI department.
Let’s Build Trust in Your Numbers
If your leadership team spends more time debating the numbers than acting on them, it may be time for a different approach.
RISE Data Solutions helps growing companies create trusted reporting systems, simplify manual processes, and make better decisions with confidence.
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RISE Data Solutions
Trusted reporting. Better decisions.
Our Expertise
Our team merges backgrounds in management consulting, data science, and organizational psychology to provide holistic guidance. We’ve advised startups and Fortune 500 companies alike, turning complex challenges into actionable blueprints that deliver measurable value.
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