Data & AI consulting for teams operating in complex markets

Turn messy data, unclear workflows, and AI experiments into systems the business can trust.

I help enterprise teams modernize BI, design governed AI workflows, and train people to run the systems after launch. The work is built for environments where the hard part is not only the tool, but the trust, handoffs, adoption, and operating discipline around it. Based in Lagos. Available globally.

Paul Barnabas, Data and AI consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer

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Available remotely for clients and training programmes globally.

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Who I help

Built for leaders dealing with trust, adoption, and execution friction

Buyer path

Data leaders

Dashboards are multiplying, definitions are drifting, and teams spend too much time defending numbers.

A BI layer with shared vocabulary, clean ownership, and reports leaders can act on.

Buyer path

Operations leaders

Manual handoffs, ticket queues, and unclear workflows slow the business down before technology even enters the conversation.

Workflow maps and AI pilots that reduce repetitive load while preserving escalation paths.

Buyer path

IT and transformation leaders

Migration, Fabric adoption, and AI experiments carry delivery risk because process, governance, and adoption are unresolved.

A phased roadmap that modernizes systems without moving old confusion into new tools.

Buyer path

L&D and training buyers

Training attendance is high, but capability fades because sessions are detached from real work.

MCT-led enablement built around role-based practice, team workflows, and post-workshop adoption.

Offer architecture

Buyable paths for removing data and AI friction

Entry offer

Data & AI Clarity Diagnostic

For leaders unsure whether the real blockage is data quality, workflow design, tooling, adoption, or governance.

  • Friction map
  • System risk view
  • Opportunity list
  • Recommended next step

Power BI and Fabric

BI Trust Architecture Sprint

For teams with slow dashboards, conflicting numbers, messy semantic models, or low report adoption.

  • Model audit
  • Dashboard rationalization
  • Semantic model roadmap
  • Governance checklist

Copilot and agents

AI Workflow Readiness Sprint

For teams exploring Copilot Studio, AI agents, ticket automation, or internal workflow automation.

  • Workflow map
  • Human-in-the-loop design
  • Risk boundaries
  • Pilot backlog

Azure and Fabric

Data Lake Modernization Roadmap

For teams moving from on-prem, fragmented reporting, or scattered ETL into Azure, Fabric, or a cleaner BI foundation.

  • Current-state map
  • Target architecture
  • Migration phases
  • Governance checkpoints

Training and adoption

MCT-Led Team Enablement Program

For companies training Power BI, Fabric, Copilot, SAP Analytics, or AI-assisted development teams.

  • 1-day workshop
  • 3-day intensive
  • 4-week cohort
  • 12-week enterprise programme

Ongoing guidance

Fractional Data & AI Architecture Advisory

For leadership teams that need senior data and AI guidance without a full-time architecture hire.

  • Architecture reviews
  • AI adoption planning
  • Team enablement
  • Monthly decision support

Four ways to remove data and AI friction

Services framed around buyer pain, not service categories

The detailed services page expands each path, but the homepage now makes the commercial problem clear before the tool stack appears.

When automation needs guardrails, handoffs, and accountability

AI Workflow Design

AI workflow design that maps where the model should act, where humans stay in the loop, and what evidence must be logged before a workflow can be trusted.

  • Workflow maps with model actions, human review points, and escalation rules
  • Pilot backlog for Copilot Studio, support automation, or internal agents
  • Risk boundaries that keep automation useful without hiding accountability

When leaders do not trust the numbers

BI Trust Architecture

BI architecture for teams dealing with conflicting reports, slow dashboards, unclear semantic models, or executives who have stopped believing the numbers.

  • Semantic model audit and vocabulary alignment
  • Dashboard rationalization around decisions, not decoration
  • Maintainable reporting foundations for Power BI and Fabric teams

When teams need practical capability, not attendance records

MCT-Led Enablement

Microsoft Certified Trainer delivery designed around roles, current tools, and the work participants need to perform after the workshop ends.

  • Private team workshops, multi-day intensives, and cohort programmes
  • Hands-on learning paths for Power BI, Fabric, Copilot, AI workflows, and SAP Analytics
  • Remote and local delivery for enterprise teams and international cohorts

When migration risks moving old confusion into a new platform

Data Lake Modernization

Azure and Fabric modernization that cleans the operating model while moving the technical layer, so the cloud foundation supports analytics instead of preserving old reporting debt.

  • Current-state data and reporting map
  • Target architecture with governance checkpoints
  • Migration phases that protect trust, traceability, and adoption

Process

Diagnose, map, build, train, and hand off

01

Diagnose

Find the operating friction behind the visible data, AI, migration, or training request.

02

Map the workflow

Name the handoffs, ownership, review points, vocabulary, and constraints before tooling decisions harden.

03

Build the layer

Create the BI model, AI workflow, migration roadmap, or training path that directly addresses the friction.

04

Train the team

Make sure the people expected to use the system can run it, question it, and improve it after launch.

05

Document handoff

Leave decisions, architecture, and next steps clear enough for another team to maintain the work.

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Proof from systems that had to work after launch

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Enterprise logistics environment

Enterprise Data Lake Migration

Reporting teams were repeating query logic across siloed sources, so leaders could not get fast, consistent answers.

Technical decision

Move the reporting foundation into Azure Data Lake with cleaner source-to-reporting flows and reusable BI access patterns.

Adoption decision

Keep the business vocabulary visible in the model so downstream teams could inspect and reuse the structure.

reducing query times by 400%

Faster query performance turned reporting from a bottleneck into an operational decision layer.

Technical support operation

Agentic Workflow Automation

Support queues were absorbing predictable Level 1 requests that did not need senior escalation.

Technical decision

Use AI agents for parsing, classification, response drafting, and business-rule routing.

Adoption decision

Preserve human review for ambiguous or escalation-level tickets instead of forcing false autonomy.

achieving a 78% resolution rate without human intervention

The support team recovered capacity while keeping accountability inside the workflow.

Manufacturing operations team

Real-time Analytics Dashboard

Operators were reacting to equipment issues after the fact because telemetry was not visible in a decision-ready format.

Technical decision

Build a real-time Power BI layer on streaming IoT telemetry for predictive maintenance signals.

Adoption decision

Translate telemetry into operational views that maintenance teams could use without reading raw device data.

reducing downtime by 22%

Reducing downtime protected production capacity and made maintenance planning more proactive.

Enterprise data engineering cohort

Enterprise AI Upskilling Program

Teams needed advanced AI and cloud architecture capability that would last beyond a one-off workshop.

Technical decision

Design a 12-week MCT-led curriculum around cloud architecture, cognitive services, and applied delivery.

Adoption decision

Structure the programme as repeatable capability building, not certification coverage alone.

successfully certifying 50+ data engineers

The organisation grew internal delivery capacity instead of depending only on external specialists.

Trust and systems

Microsoft ecosystem depth with visible proof

Power BI

Semantic models and executive reporting

Microsoft Fabric

Modern analytics foundation

Azure Data Lake

Cloud data architecture

Copilot Studio

Agent and workflow pilots

SAP Analytics

Enterprise planning and reporting

GitHub Copilot

AI-assisted development enablement

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Featured training

MCT-led training for teams that need adoption, not just certification coverage

Training is now framed as a conversion asset: private training, team workshops, role-based learning paths, corporate enablement, and remote delivery for distributed teams.

Power BI

3 course topics

  • Microsoft Power BI Analytics Solutions
  • AI Agentic Power BI Development

Microsoft Fabric

2 course topics

  • Build Microsoft Fabric Analytics Solutions
  • Copilot in Microsoft Fabric

Copilot / AI Agents

2 course topics

  • Advanced Data & AI (Microsoft Copilot Agents & AI workflows)
  • Create agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio

AI-assisted development

3 course topics

  • Github Copilot
  • AI Agentic Code Development & Frameworks

Next step

Tell me what is breaking, slowing down, or failing to scale.

Use the guided contact form for BI trust problems, AI workflow design, migration and modernization, MCT-led training, advisory, or partnership work. The first reply can route the request into a diagnostic, sprint, roadmap, programme, or retainer.

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