10 data consultants
Solo practices and consulting firms are both here: four of these data consultants founded their own practices, and the rest consult through Slalom, EPAM Systems, Kearney, Infosys Consulting, Elm Company and Algom, with work from KPI design and data culture to governed platforms, data management and fractional data leadership. They suit a company deciding whether its data strategy or platform rebuild needs a solo advisor, a fractional data lead or a consulting firm team.
Professionals to explore
Aakaash Ramnath Sankar
LinkedInExperience: Former Director - Data & AI · Kearney
Aakaash Ramnath Sankar became Director - Data & AI at Kearney in June 2026 and also held Data & AI Manager AI Solution Architect there (2025-2026); at Cervello the titles were Data & AI Manager (2023-2025) and Senior Consultant Data Engineer Architect (2021-2023). Aakaash Ramnath Sankar describes designing and delivering Data & AI platforms, a fit for questions on platform architecture choices.
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AJ Faleck
LinkedInExperience: Principal - Data & AI Strategy · Slalom
AJ Faleck has been Principal - Data & AI Strategy at Slalom since January 2026 and was Technology Director - Global Data Platform & Data AI Transformation at Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (2024-2026). Other roles were Sr. Technology Manager - Data Engineering and Transformation Delivery at lululemon (2022-2024) and Associate Director - Data & Analytics Transformation at Best Buy (2022), and AJ Faleck describes turning fragmented data environments into governed platforms.
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Anas Al Hawwari
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Data Management Consultant · Devoteam
Anas Al Hawwari holds CDMP Master Level and has been Data Consulting Advisor - Digital Consulting at Elm Company since February 2026, after Senior Data Management Consultant at Devoteam (2023-2026). Anas Al Hawwari was also Big Data and Analytics Engineer - Azure Databricks at Microsoft (2023-2024) and worked on machine learning, data warehousing and integration projects.
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Asim Ghori
LinkedInExperience: Founder Principal Data & Analytics Consulting · BI Systems & Engineering
Founder Principal Data & Analytics Consulting at BI Systems & Engineering since 2010, Asim Ghori also served C.H. Robinson as Principal Data & Analytics Consultant - Fractional HR Data Platform Lead (2020-2024) and lists Snowflake, Power BI and cloud data warehouses. Asim Ghori held Sr. BI Solution Lead Architect at Ventas, Inc. (2018-2020), a fit for fractional head of data questions.
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Ben Feifke
LinkedInExperience: Founder and Principal · Beyond Data Consulting
Beyond Data Consulting, a boutique data and AI consultancy, was founded by Ben Feifke, Founder and Principal since August 2024, and helps companies with metrics, modern data infrastructure, AI-powered tools and workflow automation. Ben Feifke was Senior Data Scientist at Delivery Hero (2020-2023) and Senior Machine Learning Engineer at truemetrics (2023-2024).
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Dr. Tim Wiegels
LinkedInExperience: Executive Data Advisor & Founder · Tim Wiegels Data Solutions
Dr. Tim Wiegels has been Executive Data Advisor & Founder at Tim Wiegels Data Solutions since February 2023 and is a former VP Data at FREE NOW (100+ FTEs, multi-market, multi-brand). Tim Wiegels helps companies define the right KPIs, build data cultures and align business needs with usable data infrastructure, and also advises Bikeleasing-Service Deutschland (since 2025) and Primefold (since 2024).
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Emrah Cevik
LinkedInExperience: Enterprise Data Analytics Consulting · EPAM Systems
With nine years as an independent data and analytics consultant (2012-2021) and Enterprise Data Analytics Consulting at EPAM Systems since October 2021, Emrah Cevik has defined data and analytics driven strategies, business models, use cases and business cases. Emrah Cevik was earlier Senior Architect Energy Trading Systems at Elexon (2001-2009), useful for building a business case for a data program.
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Hans Trivedi
LinkedInExperience: Consultant · Algom
Hans Trivedi has been a Consultant at Algom since 2013 and calls the work data and business consulting, helping businesses use data, technology and algorithms (AI) through strategy, capability building and projects that deliver efficiency savings and automation. Hans Trivedi suits questions on picking the analytics projects with the clearest savings.
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Raghavendra Nandagiri
LinkedInExperience: Senior Principal - CIO Advisory - Data Practice · Infosys Consulting
In the Data Practice of Infosys Consulting's CIO Advisory, Raghavendra Nandagiri has been Senior Principal since January 2026, shaping data strategy, platform architecture, analytics, AI enablement and governance frameworks. Raghavendra Nandagiri was a Director at GXO Logistics, Inc. (2022-2025) and Principal Consultant at Infosys (2000-2022), so can speak from both in-house and consulting roles.
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Richard Fayers
LinkedInExperience: Former Practice Area Director - Data & Analytics · Slalom Consulting
Richard Fayers spent 2014 to 2026 at Slalom, as Practice Area Director - Data & Analytics (2018-2021), Senior Director - Data & Technology (2021-2026) and Director of Analytics at Slalom Consulting UK, and founded IndyDog Consulting Ltd in May 2026. Richard Fayers lists CDO and AI advisory and data and AI strategy, and co-hosts the podcast "A Third Opinion", a fit for questions on building a data consulting practice.
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Choose the right perspective
For KPI definitions and data culture with an executive team, Dr. Tim Wiegels is the closest match; for a platform rebuild, AJ Faleck, Aakaash Ramnath Sankar and Raghavendra Nandagiri have platform and architecture work behind them. Asim Ghori fits a fractional head of data arrangement, Ben Feifke suits an AI tool or workflow automation project, and Anas Al Hawwari is the one to ask about formal data management practice.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What does a data consultant check first when a leadership team says it does not trust its dashboards?
- 02When is a fractional head of data a better choice than a consulting firm team for a data platform project?
- 03How should a company scope the first three months of a data strategy engagement so it ends with decisions, not just a report?
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