Services

I help data teams do creative things.

Do you want to…

modernize your team’s reporting strategy?
create an interactive online report?
launch a community of practice?
build a set of visual reports?
develop an online course?

I can help.

How it works.

We meet for a free consultation over Zoom to discuss your specific project needs.
You choose a consulting package (starting at $5K USD) and we establish deliverables based on your specific project needs.
I become a part of your team as we work towards the deliverables.

Creativity is a process.

By adding me to your team, I can…

help you get started.
show you what’s possible.
give you a fresh perspective.
identify your team’s skill gaps.
introduce you to the right tools.
help shepherd and direct the project.
help you work with your comms team.
help you work with your graphics team.
help you work with your web developers.
help you work with subject matter experts.
help you make your reporting process faster.
help you build better quality reporting products.

But don’t take my word for it.

Having worked with Chris on multiple projects, I’m especially impressed with how he can create a visual “feel” that really matches the client’s and project’s needs and style. Whether the work highlights a lot of quantitative data through clear, attractive charts and such, or focuses more on qualitative data and visuals to tell a story, Chris creates inviting, engaging, interactive reports that our clients are uniformly thrilled with.
Summer Wood
Co-Director, Ampersand LLC

We worked with Chris to turn a static report into an interactive website that was branded for the client, visually compelling, and centered user-experience. Rather than scroll through a lengthy report, users can easily navigate to what’s most important to them. I highly recommend working with Chris to transform data products into something useful and engaging. Plus, Chris is awesome to work with!
Nina Sabarre
Founder + CEO of Intention 2 Impact

The quality, relevance, and accessibility of his final products speak for themselves. But the process of working with Chris is what I find most exemplar. Chris asks the right questions, brings rich expertise, is one helluva problem-solver, doesn’t shy away from the messiness of creative innovation, and is fun to work alongside! The rewarding process of co-creating with Chris is why our firm already engaged him on another body of work for a new client.
Kathleen Doll
Partner + COO at Intention 2 Impact

We reached out to Chris because we are a small team trying to develop actionable and interesting infographics and videos that help our affiliated network understand our organization’s impact narrative, both nationally and locally. Chris created engaging materials that helped lay out the impact that our programs have on our communities, and created templates that we can continue to update moving forward.

Further, he helped us understand how to create video documentation, and helped us kick our Canva skills up a few notches with his ongoing educational series. We feel much better equipped to create engaging data products after having worked with Chris and have received overwhelmingly positive feedback on what we have released so far.
Kathleen Chaballa
Senior Analyst at Habitat for Humanity International

Chris provided senior visual design leadership on a project I lead. We had a data visualization challenge and wanted to take the design of a series of regular executive briefs to a new level. Chris was able to communicate with and learn from our project teams and client and develop a series of unique visualizations through Tableau. He just has a natural talent for taking technical data and making it compelling for an audience that is not always data savvy. I really enjoy working with Chris as he develops a visual design, he is a great collaborator and team player.
Amy Mulcahy-Dunn
Chief of Party, USAID Data Evidence for Education Programming (DEEP)

Chris has deep Tableau experience and understands how to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences. I appreciate his “big picture” perspective and strategic mindset, which helps to connect the dots between needs, resources, and opportunities.

In addition to his technical expertise, he is also an excellent team builder. Mentoring seems to come naturally to him, and I have so appreciated having him as a sounding board, as a motivator to push myself outside my comfort zone, and as an encourager for my creative confidence. In terms of both “hard” and “soft” skills, he has helped me to push my data visualization expertise to a new level.
Crystal Cason
Visual Design Specialist at EnCompass LLC

In addition to a skilled analyst and evaluator, Chris has a wealth of knowledge about user experience, web design, graphic design, and data visualization. His innovative ideas and strategic support were invaluable, and I consider him a creative mentor. I truly enjoy working with Chris; even in the most challenging of circumstances he has always managed to make me smile!
Kristen Dayton
Communications Specialist at EnCompass LLC

Chris is a pleasure to work with. His creativity and commitment to human-centered design make him a wonderful partner in innovating solutions and identifying possibilities. He is a natural mentor who inspires the people around him to stretch into new areas of growth; acting as a sounding board and coaching as needed to help them achieve success.
Beeta Tahmassebi
Vice President at EnCompass LLC

A strategic, whole-systems, human-centered design thinker, Chris brought to us expertise in data science, technology and learning systems. Chris listened deeply internally and externally, asking questions that created new insight for our teams. Clients frequently expressed their appreciation for Chris’s collaborative and creative approach, while colleagues consistently valued his mentorship.
Tessie Catsambas
CEO/CFO at EnCompass LLC

We really enjoyed working with Chris. Not only was it fun, but it challenged us to think about what we really wanted to communicate about realist methods. The idea of illustrating ideas or issues people found confusing or difficult really resonated with us, as that had been one of the main reasons for embarking on the whole project in the first place. It felt like a genuine collaboration and I’m really pleased with what we have produced.
Joanne Greenhalgh
Professor of Applied Social Research Methodology at School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds

We came to Chris needing illustrations for a pretty taboo subject, sexual harassment. It was extremely easy to communicate our ideas to Chris and for him to have an understanding of our vision. He was able to quickly turn our vision into cartoon animation. The out of box use of cartoon animation was a unique way to engage our end users. Chris worked hand in hand with our team to produce a final product that was distinct but exactly what we needed for our project.
Kathryn Dunn, Reify Media

I shared a few articles and summaries about collaborative, participatory, and empowerment evaluation with Chris and he produced a simple cartoon that captured the essence of each approach quickly and effectively.
David Fetterman, President & CEO
Fetterman & Associates

Chris has a knack for capturing and communicating the essence of an idea with insight and humor. That makes his cartoons evocative, provocative, high impact and memorable, which is why I use them. A lot.
Michael Quinn Patton
Founder and Director, Utilization-Focused Evaluation