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If you have Excel or Power BI requirements and are lacking the resource within your team to tackle them, I can help out. I am a Microsoft Certified Professional in BI Reporting. I offer remote consulting in data analysis and reporting using Microsoft Excel and/or Power BI. I work with clients to:

* optimize existing Excel workbooks

* build or update reports and dashboards in Excel or Power BI to gain insights from single or multiple data sources

* leverage the Office 365 suite of apps to streamline business intelligence and reporting

I can complete all the work myself, freeing you up for other projects, or I can work with you to tackle the project hands on, teaching you the skills you'll need to replicate similar reports or documents.

Get in touch with any inquiries or potential projects.

Allison is truly an expert. I needed to hire someone quickly to develop a solution to display responses to a rather complex survey. The task required a person with the expertise and knowledge to understand the problem and develop solutions to parse, recode, and recombine the data into multiple tables, along with using DAX at critical points in the process. Because I wanted to learn the process myself, Allison allowed me to watch and participate in the development – she is so skilled that she works through issues in her head without the need for even a Google search. There is no way that I could have completed the project myself, and the results have surpassed my expectations. I am fortunate to have found such a brilliant professional for my project.

- Dr. Chris Boosalis, July 2021

Allison was great to work with. She was very accommodating to the time zone difference. I am new to DAX and Power BI, and wanted to learn versus just handing the project over. She was very patient and quizzed me on what steps and code should be used and why. We spent 8 hours on my project, and moved it along light years ahead of the pace i was going at it alone. I would highly recommend her and will probably go back to her again for additional tuning of my project.

- Morgan Douglas, June 2020

Allison promptly replied to my initial inquiry and within minutes we were online diving thru my Power Bi business challenge with her expert guidance. A great consultant and one I'll certainly engage with again.

- Sean from TX, May 2020

Allison explained the DAX formula I needed in relation to my situation so that I could wrap my head around the context vs. generic formulas that others had given. Very helpful!

- Amy Matulis from Logically, May 2020

Allison is not only very knowledgeable but also very patient and persistent. She was a life saver when I posted a question in the Power Bi community, for a problem I have been trying to resolve for months. I had already given up but she was there, motivating me and reassuring that I could do it. And I did! With the help of her detailed explanation (including screen shots) I finally got to my desired solution. Considering I am a newbie with zero experience and knowledge in programming, she did an amazing job in guiding me through the solution. Thank you so much, Allison. The advice and help you provide in the Power BI group is unvaluable.

- Roseli Diniz, May 2020

Thanks Allison – really appreciate your patient expertise and ability to relate to what we were trying to achieve. The time spent was extremely valuable for us and I am sure we will be repeatedly praising the quality of the “new look” file for some time to come.

- Tony, April 2020

If you are interested in training for yourself or employees contact me for availability. I am a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 2017. I offer private and small group remote training sessions for end users at all levels.

I have now completed both the Power BI Essentials and Next level courses and Allison was great at explaining the course material. I felt much more confident at the end of each session. I would definitely recommend these courses to anyone looking to learn more about Power BI.

- Norain Adler, March 2022

Allison was a thorough, inclusive, and excellent trainer! She was very clear in her explanation of what we were doing, how to do it, and any time that someone got lost or fell behind she was able to quickly get them back up to speed. She was very intentional in how she used our time together.

- Jessica Tucker, June 2021

Allison was the best virtual instructor I've ever had and far exceeded my expectations. She was immediate to respond to students' issues, sometimes even before I could say I had one, because she was so aware. It was evident how knowledgeable she is in the subject through the ease of understandability of concepts she taught. I learned so much and would highly recommend her.

- Camille Adler, June 2021

Allison was great and very knowledgeable of Power BI. She was very patient with the attendees in the training group. She answered all our questions, even during break time. She made sure we were all following along and left the training sessions with a good understanding of the various tools and capabilities of Power BI. Thanks, Allison

- Cindy Rivers, June 2021

Allison's training method was very easy to follow. I could ask questions at any time and receive real time feedback with sharing my screen. I was able to view her screen as she worked through the tutorials with me.

- Kim Campbell, May 2021

Allison was very thorough and patient with us when we had issues. I am very excited about the opportunity to put Power BI to work in my job and thanks to Allison I feel pretty confident about what we have learned and how to use it.

- Joyce Shew, May 2021

Allison was fantastic. Very informative, knowledgeable and engaging throughout instruction. I knew very little about PowerBI, but after being a part of this training session, I feel very comfortable navigating around. A million thumbs up and highly recommend Allison.

- Bryan Berry, May 2021

Allison is a great teacher. Her pace was on point and she made sure that if we had any questions or got lost in the process, she slowed down and explained her steps. Would definitely recommend!

- David R, April 2021

In depth knowledge, flow made sense, and dug into each topic with perfect depth.

- Michael LaFontaine, April 2021

I have been to a few Microsoft courses, but my experiences with this course has been leagues above the rest. Allison is incredibly technical while down to earth, and gave insightful answers to all the questions I asked. I really enjoyed this course.

-Ming, February 2021

Allison is an excellent and natural trainer. One of the best courses I have attended.

- Kelvin, February 2021

Really appreciated Alison's patience - I'm sure I asked silly questions but she didn't show it. Made every question and answer seem like it was valuable - makes a difference. And also special attention she paid to my needs. Nga mihi nui.

- Margaret, December 2020

Software perfectly enabled the course to be a success, great how Allison could see all of our screens without having to share them. Great examples, workbook was really easy to follow. Allison is a great tutor, very patient and friendly, and very knowledgeable and clearly passionate. Made for a great learning environment. Really really enjoyed the course :) Thank you

- Kaitlin, April 2020

Great course and worked really well especially as we were all remote. I think having a small amount of people on the course was key.

- Fay, April 2020

Hi Allison, I just wanted to thank you for the training yesterday. Our team are all very positive about the change to Windows 10 and 365 and enjoyed the session when some were reluctant to attend. I think your approachable relaxed style of training is perfect for a team of people at a variety of level of understanding.

- Sam, July 2019

A good introductory course to PowerBI conducted at a good learning pace. Allison was comfortable in diverting slightly away from the course into real world applications which aided understanding and potential application of the training/learnings.

- Stephen, July 2019

Really appreciated the tailoring of training to my immediate needs and patient guidance of instructor.

- Jane, June 2019

Allison is very knowledgeable and helpful. Thanks very much, feel like I have learnt a lot after the couple of days here. Allison was great at helping us and explaining all information that we needed.

- Troy, May 2019

Allison was just fantastic. She was a great combination of knowledgeable, patient and able to communicate concepts clearly. It was a thoroughly enjoyable and informative training course.

- Natalie, April 2019

Really enjoyed this course. Allison was great and was able to answer all of our questions in a way that we understood. She was happy to customise some sections to suit our needs. I feel like attending the course has increased my skills in this area.

- Rebecca, January 2019

Excellent facilitator - Thanks Allison. Perfectly paced and really appreciated your genuine interest in our learning.

- Catherine, November 2018

Allison made this a really cool learning session - really liked her style and humour!

- Joanne, November 2018

Allison was excellent and customised the day around our specific requirements and took us into some advanced functions and other supporting apps.

- Simon, October 2018

I found Allison to be very friendly and informative, she also didn't make you feel that your level of understanding was below par.

- Jackie, July 2018

Allison was a great teacher. She made some complex learning manageable and involved the whole class. Would definitely recommend to work colleagues and friends.

- Jessica, July 2018

Allison got a handle on our individual needs really quickly which made it very useful thanks!

- Kim, May 2018

Great balance between learning and also realising I was not as novice as I thought- I was not made to feel like I didn't know anything and that helped to make the experience much better. Allison is a breath of fresh air. She's very informative and easy to understand. Thank you :)

- Nicole, May 2018

Allison was extremely knowledgeable and very helpful, she made it easy to understand and exciting to learn about. I really like how Allison helped us relate what we learned in class to our working environments. Thank you.

- Natalie, March 2018

Allison made what could have potentially been a mundane course into something that was actually highly enjoyable! I would highly recommend this course to anyone starting out with Excel, Allison breaks everything down so it is not intimidating.

- Cheyenne, March 2018

Allison was great at breaking down all the info in an easy way to understand and ways that I will actually remember.

-Elisha, February 2018

Enjoyed Allison's friendly relaxed attitude. Allison was very patient and very knowledgeable. Would happily recommend her to others, thank you.

- Justin, January 2018

Allison is a very knowledgeable tutor and taught in a very personal but relaxed manner.

- Richard, December 2017