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Usamah W Maphumulo

• Feb 1

The client, a local or multi-location coffee shop, was experiencing a Profit Leak and Stagnant Sales Growth. Management decisions relied on gut feeling rather than verifiable performance metrics.

Business Analysis Data Modeling Data Visualization MySQL Tableau

Ismel Figueroa

max

• Mar 11

I framed every section around one question: What does a high-intent buyer need to see, feel, and understand to take the next step? This is where my growth background came in. I didn't just picking layouts, I designed a funnel that matches how the ICP actually make decisions. marketing is my love language lol, can you tell? 🤣

Ismel Figueroa

max

• Mar 10

new thumbnail exploration for recent project. Which one do you like better?

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Geethasree Naguboina

pro

• Mar 11

Most people think a spreadsheet and a dashboard are the same thing.

They're not.

A spreadsheet is where data lives. A dashboard is where decisions happen.

The difference:

Spreadsheet → raw, editable, flexible, built for input Dashboard → structured, visual, built for reading and decisions

The mistake I see most often: People try to do both in the same sheet.

The result?

Decision makers see too much raw data

Numbers get accidentally edited

No one knows what to trust

The fix is simple: Keep your data layer and your presentation layer separate.

Raw data in one sheet. Dashboard in another. One is for building. One is for reading.

When you separate them, updates become clean, mistakes become rare, and your reports actually get used.

A spreadsheet stores your data. A dashboard tells its story.

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Josiah Temitope

• Mar 11

You’re right .

Kris Noon

• Mar 11

Cleaned multiple messy datasets to help build an interactive dashboard giving educational decision-makers the opportunity to see how their budget (between £500k - £50M) could be spent with the highest impact for good. This takes into account deprivation, pollution levels, and density of the area.

Completed work

Data Analysis Data Science Data Visualization Microsoft Excel PostgreSQL Tableau

Geethasree Naguboina

pro

• Mar 12

Cleaning multiple messy datasets before building the dashboard is the right approach — the priority matrix with ROI across exposure bands gives decision-makers a clear framework for allocating budget where it has the highest impact. Really thoughtful work!