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Power BI Consulting · Dallas, TX

Power BI & BI strategy consulting
for decisions, not just dashboards.

For mid-market finance and operations leaders in Dallas and across the US. We start with the decisions your leadership needs to make, then build the data and dashboards around them.

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Microsoft-certified Power BI team
Senior-led delivery
Texas HUB certified
Dallas, TX — serving nationally
Recent client results
$1.2M
Saved per year$100M general contractor · claims resolved 37% faster
→
15×
Annualized ROIFreight carrier · weekly reporting time cut 87%
→
100%
Dashboard adoption at 30 daysFinancial services · three systems into one source of truth
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🎯 Decision-First BI Framework™
✅ Microsoft-certified Power BI team
🔒 Senior-led delivery
📍 Dallas, TX — serving mid-market nationally
🏛️ Texas HUB certified · SAM registered
🤝 Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program member
The Real Problem

Your business grew.
Your reporting didn't.

Whether you run on QuickBooks and spreadsheets or already pay for Power BI, the symptoms look the same: numbers nobody fully trusts, reports that take days, and answers that depend on one person.

That isn't a software problem. It's what happens when systems, data and reporting grow faster than anyone planned for.

See how we fix it
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Systems that don't talk to each other Accounting, CRM, operations and payroll each hold part of the picture. Someone stitches them together in Excel every month.
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Competing numbers Finance says one thing, operations says another. Meetings start with whose number is right instead of what to do.
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Manual reporting that never ends Hours every week exporting, pasting and formatting reports that are out of date by the time they land.
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Reports that live in one person's head One analyst knows how the numbers are built and nothing is documented. If they leave, your reporting leaves with them.
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No real-time visibility Leadership sees last month's results, too late to change this month's.
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Dashboards nobody uses Already have Power BI? The reports exist, but leadership went back to spreadsheets because they don't trust or understand them.
Our Methodology

The Decision-First
BI Framework™

Every Power BI consulting engagement we run starts at the top of the 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™ Business Intelligence Blueprint™
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.
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Deliver in phases, highest value firstYour first dashboard goes live early, so leadership sees value before the full rollout.
What We Do

How we move the needle

From a free reporting assessment 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™ Business Intelligence Blueprint™ Azure BI Stack
Free reporting assessment — know what to fix before you spend on a build
Executive dashboards designed around how leadership actually makes decisions
Azure Data Factory + Power BI for organizations needing enterprise-grade data infrastructure
Clickable wireframes approved before build — no surprises at launch
High executive adoption: 100% at a financial organization, 80% at a $100M contractor
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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
$1.2M annual savings · 37% faster claims resolution · 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 Texas HUB Certified Learn more →
Client Results

What the work actually delivers

Three 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
Read full case study
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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.
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Designed separately for C-suite and DirectorsStrategic oversight and tactical contributor management require different views of the same data.
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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.
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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 · verified at 12 weeks
87%
Less reporting time
Weekly reporting time · same freight engagement
$1.2M
Annual savings
$100M contractor · claims resolved 37% faster
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.
Plans approved before build.

Every engagement is run by senior consultants who have delivered across financial services, freight and logistics, commercial construction, technology and non-profit. A senior consultant leads every engagement from discovery to launch. You approve the KPIs and clickable wireframes before any build starts, and the build is quoted at a fixed price.

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

Nahom Assefa, founder and Principal Consultant at Nexus Data Works, Dallas
Founded and led by
Nahom Assefa
Founder & Principal Consultant

Sets the direction on every engagement, backed by a team of Microsoft-certified Power BI specialists.

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Industries delivered
Financial services Freight & logistics Commercial construction Non-profit Technology
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Approved before we buildYou sign off on KPIs and clickable wireframes before development starts, and every build is a fixed price. No scope surprises, no open-ended billing.
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Senior-led, one point of contactA senior consultant leads your engagement from discovery to launch, with Microsoft-certified specialists on the build. You always know who to call.
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Proprietary Decision-First methodologyThe Decision-First BI Framework™ and Business Intelligence Blueprint™ are our own methods, refined engagement by engagement.
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Texas HUB · SAM RegisteredTexas HUB certified and SAM registered. Available as prime contractor or teaming partner on public-sector contracts.
Get Started

Find out exactly where your
reporting stands

Book a free 30-minute reporting assessment on Zoom. We look at your reporting setup, your top KPIs and where the numbers don't reconcile. Within one business day you get a one-page summary of what to fix first. No pitch deck.

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 a one-page summary

Within one business day: where you stand and the 2–3 fixes worth doing first.

STEP 03

Blueprint, if it fits

A fixed-fee plan with KPIs, wireframes and a fixed build price. 100% credited to your build.

STEP 04

Decide with confidence

Build at a fixed price, with every dashboard approved as a wireframe first.

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30 minutes on Zoom · No obligation · Senior consultant on every call
"Nahom far exceeded my expectations and is one of the best BI developers I've worked with. 100% recommend his services and will be using him again on all my projects."
Tyler K., CEO, Bpintel
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