That report you generate by hand every month can update itself. And keep working for 2 years.
I connect it to your sources, leave it running on its own and hand over the documentation, so you depend on no one. It starts with a one-hour meeting, free of charge.
Before you commit to anything
- You fill in the form: two minutes
- First meeting: one hour, free
- A written proposal with scope, phases and a fixed price
If this happens to you every month, keep reading
You don't need a digital transformation programme to fix it. You need to get the most time-consuming report out of the way.
Month-end eats the first week
Exports from the ERP, cross-checks against the purchasing spreadsheet, manual fixes for what the CRM doesn't carry. By the time the report is ready, it's too late to act on it.
In the meeting, someone says your figure is wrong
Sales brings one number, you bring another, and twenty minutes go on arguing where each one comes from instead of deciding what to do.
There's a macro nobody dares to touch
Built by someone who no longer works here. It works, but nobody knows what it does inside. The day it breaks, month-end slips.
One report. Running on its own. With the same figures as today.
I start from a report that already exists and that you already use, not from new metrics. It's the only way the result actually gets used from month one.
What's always included
- I connect your current sources — ERP, CRM, spreadsheets or SQL databases
- I rebuild the report and check it figure by figure against your last close
- It refreshes itself: when you open it, it's up to date
- A handover session so you know how it works
- Documentation of how it's built, so you don't depend on anyone else
The handover shows you how the delivered work behaves. Training for your team, so they can build and change their own reports, is a separate service.
Why you won't find a price list here
Because it would depend on something I don't know yet: the real state of your data.
Two projects that look identical from the outside can take weeks or months. A report wired to a single database can be months of work if that database is undocumented, if tables contradict each other, or if nobody remembers why a field exists. And the other way round: what looks like a mess sometimes resolves quickly.
Putting a number on this page would leave me two options: make it up, or pad it so I'm never wrong. I'd rather look at your case and give you a figure I can stand behind.
Tell me about your caseHow I get to a price
- You write to me through the form Two minutes. I ask just enough to know whether I can help and to come to the meeting prepared.
- A one-hour meeting, free I go through the report, the sources and the access with you. You leave with my opinion even if you hire nobody.
- If the map isn't clear, an in-depth assessment When the scope can't be pinned down in a conversation, I do it as separate, quoted work. It's the only assessment I charge for, and it's deducted if you go ahead with the build.
- A fixed proposal in writing Scope, phases, timeline and price. No open-ended hour banks and no conditions appearing halfway through.
How the work goes, phase by phase
What stalls these projects is almost never the budget: it's not having time to take one on. So the bulk of the effort is mine, and your team only appears where it's genuinely needed.
Phase 1
The first meeting
You tell me which report hurts most, where the data comes from and who builds it today.
Your time: 1 hour
Phase 2 · optional
In-depth assessment
Only if the scope can't be pinned down by talking. It's the only assessment I charge for, and I tell you beforehand.
Your time: depends on scope
Phase 3
The proposal
I send you the scope, phases, timeline and price in writing. No small print.
Your time: none
Phase 4
Connection and model
I connect your sources and build the data model on my own.
Your time: none
Phase 5
First version and reviews
I compare its figures against your last close, one by one. Two rounds of review are included.
Your time: 1 hour per round
Phase 6
Delivery and handover
I leave it running, hand it over in a session and deliver the documentation.
Your time: 1 hour
The timeline depends on the project: some reports are done in a couple of weeks, others are months of work. Either way, we fix it in writing in the proposal and it doesn't move along the way.
You always talk to the person doing the work
There's no salesperson selling you one thing and a junior delivering another. Whoever runs the meeting is the one building the data model and the one answering when something doesn't add up.
I work alone and take on few projects at a time. That limits what I can accept, and it seems fair to say so: I don't do twelve-month transformations. In exchange, you know exactly who is handling your data.
Who I amA fixed price, not an hour bank
You know the cost before I start. If it takes me longer than planned, that's my problem.
You don't depend on me afterwards
I hand over documentation of how everything is built, plus a session to walk through it with you. No lock-in and no odd clauses.
I don't touch your production systems
I read from your sources, I don't write to them. Your ERP keeps working exactly as it does today.
I've done this before
The company is new; the craft isn't. I've solved complex data projects in companies of every size, from SMEs to large multinationals — including several based in London and Manchester —, much of it under confidentiality agreements I'm not going to break to fill a website.
So there are no borrowed logos here and no invented testimonials. What you can check before hiring anyone: how I work, what you'll receive, and examples of the report format I deliver.
See report examplesWhat I don't do
- ERP migrations
- Twelve-month transformations
- "Let's build the data lake and see what happens"
- Hour banks with no defined scope
If what you need is on this list, I'll tell you in the first meeting and save you the time.
Once the first one works
Almost every company I talk to has three or four reports in the same state. You can go one at a time, or have maintenance covered so everything still adds up when your systems change.
Maintenance
I check your reports are still correct and adjust them when your tools change. Monthly fee, no lock-in.
Training for your team
A separate service, as a single session or a full programme, on your own reports and with the tool you already use.
Architecture and governance
When several reports are running and it's time to tidy up the data model, the permissions and who maintains what.
What my clients say
Verified reviews from my Google Business profile.
Start by knowing which report to automate first
Fill in the form and I'll propose a one-hour video call, free of charge. You tell me how you produce your reports today and I'll tell you where I'd start, with what effort and what impact. If I don't think it fits, I'll say so and sell you nothing.
Tell me about your caseYou can also email me at info@datamaxgen.com
You leave the meeting with:
- Which report to automate first, and why
- How many hours a month your team would get back
- What's needed before I can fix a price
How to tell if your month-end close can be automated
The five signs a report is ready, the four signs it isn't, a three-minute test to score yours, and six questions to avoid hiring the wrong provider.
I'll send it over straight away, no newsletter sign-up and no extra steps. (Currently only available in Spanish.)
Ideas about data, without the jargon
Strategy
The hidden cost of deciding without reliable data
The invoice never shows up in a spreadsheet, but your company pays it every month.
Reporting
5 signs your reporting is costing you money
If any of them sound familiar, you're probably paying already without noticing.
Assessment
What actually happens in the first meeting
It's neither as long nor as technical as you imagine. Here's what I look at, and why.
What people ask me before starting
How much does it cost?
It depends on the real scope, which is why I publish no rates. The price is set by the number of sources, the state of the data and the access available: a report wired to a single database can be solved in weeks or take months depending on what that database looks like inside. I look at it in the first meeting, which costs nothing, and then put it in writing.
Is the first meeting charged for?
No. One hour by video call, free and with no strings attached. Two pieces of analysis work do carry a cost, and I'll tell you beforehand if either applies: the in-depth assessment, when I can't fix a price without digging deeper into one specific report; and the reporting process audit, a full review of all your reports with recommendations, if what you're after is that bigger picture.
How much of my team's time do you need?
Little, and concentrated: the first meeting, one review of the first version and the handover session. From your team I need read access to the sources and someone who can settle the occasional business question.
Will you touch our ERP?
No. I read from your sources, I don't write to them. Your ERP, your CRM and your processes keep working exactly as they do today. If access needs coordinating with your IT person or provider, I deal with them directly.
Who maintains it once you're done?
Your team, if it wants to: I hand over documentation of how everything is built and walk through it together in a handover session. If you also want your team to learn to build reports on its own, that's training and it's quoted separately. And if you'd rather not think about it, there's a monthly maintenance fee with no lock-in. What you won't get is a black box only I understand.
Who do you work with?
Mostly companies of 50 to 200 employees, in any sector, that keep their data in an ERP, a CRM, spreadsheets or SQL databases and have no data team of their own. If you already have in-house analysts, you probably don't need me.