The value comes first. I build data work people reach for and use to make better decisions, then stay to keep it that way. A calm, deliberate practice: scoped, secure, unhurried, and accountable from the first call through the months after.
An honest note. Backporch is early — I'm an independent practitioner, not yet a formalized company. Everything here is offered on an as-is, if-there's-interest basis: we scope something small, see how it goes, and put an agreement in place if and when it makes sense. The simplest first step is a project on Upwork or just an email.
What you actually get
Decisions, not dashboards
Success is measured one way: people use the work and make a better call. If your team isn't reaching for it, it isn't finished.
End-to-end, then I stay
I cover the whole arc — listen, scope, build, adopt, manage — and stay embedded afterward so the value compounds instead of decaying.
One senior partner, many hats
Strategy, engineering, modeling, analysis, the boardroom — a senior on every call, no junior hand-off, sized to your need.
A hub for the hard calls
For a cross-functional decision, I hold the numbers, assumptions, and trade-offs so the room can decide with one source of truth.
Who it's for
Anyone, in any industry, with data and a decision to make. A plant or a winery, a hospital or a city, a restaurant or a research lab — if you measure something and act on it, this is for you.
The idea is simple, borrowed from how I think about intelligent agents: you perceive your environment and take actions that change it. Good data sharpens that loop — each decision a little more deliberate than the last. No jargon required and no prior analytics maturity assumed; the work meets you where you are, and stays welcoming whatever your background, role, or pace.
Any industry
Manufacturing, healthcare, finance, public sector — if you have data and decisions, you qualify.
Any role
Operator to executive. The tool meets you where you are and speaks your language.
Any data maturity
A single spreadsheet or a full warehouse — I start from wherever you are.
Decision-first
Built to make the next call faster and more aligned with your objectives and purpose.
Agent-inspired
You perceive your environment and act to change it. I sharpen that loop.
Calm & humane
Written-first, generous timelines, plain language. Good work needs rest around it.
From the floor to the city — where this fits
One engine — a recurring event, a process, a pattern — re-skins across domains. I've shipped most in manufacturing and operations; a new field is a scoped first project, not an off-the-shelf product. The pull runs wider than the floor: electronic medical record (EMR) data, garment thermal comfort (my own published research), energy and public-sector operations, and law & AI. More on the background behind these on About.
Manufacturing & process
Manufacturing changeover
Food & beverage line
Hospitality & food
Winery / brewery
Restaurant / pub / bar
Hotel / hospitality
Utilities & infrastructure
Electric grid
Water technology
Public sector & health
Operating-room turnover
Higher education — governance & decisions
City operations & permits
Epidemiology patterns
Crime patterns
Agriculture
Forestry
How I help
The methodology that makes the work stick. (For product services — pricing strategy, supply-chain analytics, BI, and more — see Work →.)
End-to-end ownership
Listen to the problem, build the answer, drive adoption, and stay to manage it. The whole arc, one accountable partner.
Decision hub
A single analytical point of truth for cross-functional calls — the numbers, assumptions, and trade-offs held in one place.
Documentation & enablement
User guides, work instructions, training, and a calm technical handoff — so the work stays with your team, not me.
Data & AI ethics
Governance, privacy, and fairness from the first table, not the end. Information people of any background can trust.
Kaizen for data systems
Small, continuous, humane improvement applied to the information itself — the retainer in practice.