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Working Power BI Dashboards in 4 Weeks — Starting at $10,000

CDO Advisors delivers enterprise-quality Power BI consulting for SMBs — at $150/hr, no fluff, no markup. Pause billing anytime. 80%+ adoption guaranteed.

80%+
Dashboard adoption rate (vs. 26% industry avg)
4 Weeks
To working dashboards — guaranteed
$150/hr
Flat rate — no markup, no bench time
100+
Successful Power BI implementations
Sound familiar?

Your Power BI investment isn't paying off — and you know it.

You're not alone. 74% of organizations never reach meaningful adoption. Here's why it happens.

Your team still uses Excel

Dashboards sit untouched while spreadsheets get emailed back and forth. You invested in Power BI — and it's collecting dust.

Reports take days, not minutes

Manual reporting consumes 60-80% of your analyst's time. Questions that should take minutes take days. By the time your report's ready, the window has closed.

Enterprise price tags for SMB needs

Traditional consultants quote $150K–$300K for a 4–6 month engagement you don't need. You're a mid-sized business, not a Fortune 500.

A better way

Why smart SMBs choose CDO Advisors

We built a model around your success — not our billable hours. Three differentiators no major competitor can match.

02

Adoption First, Not Deployment First

We measure success by engagement, not technical completion. Our clients consistently achieve 80%+ adoption — more than triple the industry average of 26%.

3× Industry Average
03

$150/hr. No Markup. No Fluff.

You pay only for hours actively worked. No account managers attending meetings. No junior consultants learning on your dime. No $250–$400/hr price tags.

Save 40–60%

CDO Advisors vs. Traditional Consulting

CDO Advisors
Traditional Consulting
Hourly Rate
$150/hr flat
$250–$400+/hr per consultant
Starting Price
$10,000 Quick Start
$150K–$300K typical project
Timeline
Working dashboards in 4 weeks
4–6 month implementations
Billing Flexibility
Pause/resume anytime
Rigid contracts, change order fees
Adoption Focus
80%+ adoption from day one
~26% industry average
Team Dependency
Builds your self-sufficiency
Creates consultant dependency
BI Rescue Projects
Specializes in rescue
Rarely offered
What we do

Power BI services built for SMB budgets and timelines

Every engagement is flexible, transparent, and designed to deliver value fast.

Most popular

New Power BI Implementation

  • Connect all your data sources
  • Build intuitive executive dashboards
  • Automated data refresh setup
  • Mobile-optimized for any device
  • End-user training included
High demand

Power BI Rescue & Optimization

  • Fix broken data connections
  • Redesign confusing dashboards
  • Boost slow report performance
  • Establish governance best practices
  • Document everything properly
Best value

BI as a Service (BIaaS)

  • 8, 16, or 24 hours/month blocks
  • Predictable monthly investment
  • Ongoing enhancements & support
  • Priority response times
  • Cancel or adjust any month
No cost

Free Power BI Assessment

  • Audit of your current BI state
  • Gap analysis and roadmap
  • Quick wins you can act on now
  • Custom implementation plan
  • No sales pressure

Training & Enablement

  • End-user training sessions
  • Power user / developer training
  • Admin and governance training
  • Custom how-to documentation
  • Remote or on-site delivery

Snowflake & Data Lake

  • Snowflake architecture & setup
  • Data lake implementation
  • Power BI + Snowflake integration
  • Data vault modeling
  • Modern data platform design
Real results

Client success stories

See how we've transformed data operations for businesses like yours.

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Oil & Gas

One-stop executive dashboard for mission-critical data

Crestwood (Midstream)

Reporting existed in different platforms requiring manual queries. Management received data from various sources but not easily or conveniently.

Eliminated manual query processes — delivered in under 8 weeks
Under 8 weeks
Read case study
Call Center

Automated executive dashboards replacing manual Excel reports

AGR Group

Executive reporting came from multiple applications sent in separate Excel files, consuming significant time and creating version conflicts.

Real-time access to operations — eliminated manual Excel compilation
5 weeks
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Retail / E-Commerce

80% reporting time reduction for finance team

E-Commerce Company

Manual Excel reporting consumed 20+ hours weekly across the finance team, creating errors and slowing decision-making.

20+ hrs/week → 4 hrs/week (80% time savings)
5 weeks · Full ROI in 6 months
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Client feedback

What our clients say

CDO Advisors provided us with the technical expertise we needed to implement data and analytics. They assessed and partnered with our team to deliver value quickly.
Operations Director Midstream Energy Company
CDO Advisors led our successful new BI solution with a Data Vault and Power BI. Derek and his team truly understand our business and delivered exactly what we needed on time.
VP of Technology Healthcare Organization
What we loved most was the flexibility. We could pause the project when budget was tight and resume with zero friction. No other firm offered that.
CFO Manufacturing SMB
DW Derek Wilson Founder, CDO Advisors
20+ Years Experience
50+ Years Combined Team Experience
100+ Implementations
Meet your consultant

Why I Built CDO Advisors

I spent over 20 years in data management and business intelligence, watching small and mid-sized businesses get priced out of the insights that Fortune 500 companies took for granted.

Traditional consulting firms designed their model around billable hours and dependency — not your success. Teams of 3–5 consultants on every project. Rigid contracts. Junior staff learning on your budget.

I built CDO Advisors to flip that model. One expert. Transparent pricing. Flexible billing. Dashboards people actually use. Every business — not just Fortune 500 companies — deserves world-class data insights.

Microsoft Power BI Certified
Power BI Premium Expert
Azure Data Platform
Transparent pricing

No surprises. No hidden fees. No nonsense.

Three ways to start — all at $150/hr with no markup. You only pay for time we're actively working.

Free

30-Minute Consultation

$0
  • Review your current reporting challenges
  • Honest assessment of whether Power BI fits
  • Pricing & timeline specific to your situation
  • No sales pressure — just expert guidance
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Monthly

BI as a Service

$1,200 /month
  • 8, 16, or 24 hours per month
  • Ongoing dashboard enhancements
  • Priority support and response
  • Adjust or pause anytime
  • No long-term commitment required
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All engagements billed at $150/hr for hours actively worked. Pause anytime. No penalties. No hidden fees. Full pricing details →

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How Smart Business Leaders Are Transforming Their Data into Decisive Action — without the enterprise price tag.

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The 5-Week Transformation Guide

From Spreadsheet Chaos to Dashboard Clarity — a proven roadmap for SMBs to implement Power BI without the $150K price tag.

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Power BI Readiness Assessment

5 questions. 2 minutes. Get a personalized evaluation of where your organization stands and your fastest path to Power BI success.

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