Forecasting and scenarios
A revenue forecast Afterpay could test plans against
A revenue forecast, plus a scenario tool so the team could change the assumptions and see the effect themselves.
Afterpay, at AKQA Media (WPP), 2020 to 2022
I connect fragmented data, answer the questions in it and automate the reporting your team repeats every month, from Power BI dashboards to Power Automate flows inside your Microsoft 365. You work directly with me, from scope to handover.
Fixed-price packages, with agreed deliverables and review points.
gus@ghostavo.com · 0481 870 222 · ABN 20 611 702 297
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Three examples, then every organisation I've done data work for.
Forecasting and scenarios
A revenue forecast, plus a scenario tool so the team could change the assumptions and see the effect themselves.
Afterpay, at AKQA Media (WPP), 2020 to 2022
Integrated reporting
A pipeline that loads six ad platforms into one warehouse, an operator dashboard the campaign team uses daily, and 73 of 74 campaign reports assembled in a single run.
Retail media network of a national specialty retailer, 2025 to now
Survey research
Open-text answers from a national opinion survey, coded into seven themes with AI assistance, then counted and reported. Part of 7,400+ survey answers coded across clients.
At The Media Precinct, 2022 to 2025
Figure 1. Organisations I've done data work for, by sector and type of work delivered
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Hover or tap a logo for what was built and where. Built in my roles at AKQA Media, The Media Precinct and a national retail media network, and for Square on contract through Alchemy One in 2023. Logos belong to their owners.
Each one started as files nobody wants to open.
Figure 2
Median U91 price across about 750 Sydney stations, every day. Merged from 12 monthly files in three different layouts: 133,246 price changes.
Source: NSW FuelCheck price history, Data.NSW, CC BY-SA. Note 2.
Figure 3
Average wholesale price by hour, October 2025 to September 2026. 105,120 five-minute prices, and 9.5% of them were below zero.
Source: AEMO aggregated price and demand data. Note 3.
Figure 4
Dashboard, BI and reporting builds, October 2023 to October 2026: A$33.1M across 48 agencies.
Source: AusTender contract notices. Note 1.
A procurement analysis from public data: every dashboard, BI and reporting contract published on AusTender since October 2023, grouped by supplier. The contracts mix one-off builds, ongoing reporting services and labour hire paid by time, so they are not like-for-like with a fixed-scope package. Hover a dot for the supplier.
Figure 5. Who supplies dashboard and BI work to the Commonwealth, by contract size and length
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| Supplier | Type | Contracts | Typical value | Typical length | Total |
|---|
Each dot is a supplier: its median contract value and length. 131 contracts, 98 suppliers, 16 Oct 2023 to 20 Oct 2026. Individuals are not named. Method in note 1.
Fixed per package. Each is a defined scope: the data it assumes, what you receive, a review at the working version, and acceptance criteria agreed before work starts. Start with the free prototype: your own published data, working, before you spend anything.
Table 1. Packages, in A$
| Package | What you get | Time | Paid | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free prototype | A working, unofficial prototype built from your published data. It stays private, carries no agency logo, and comes down when you ask. | Before you buy | Never | No charge |
| Discovery and scope | The questions, KPI definitions, data sources and acceptance criteria, signed off before I build anything. Comes off the build price. | 1 week | On delivery | 6,000 |
| Accessibility check and fix | An existing dashboard tested against WCAG 2.1 AA, then fixed. | 1 to 2 weeks | On delivery | 5,000 to 9,000 |
| Single dashboard | One data source, one dashboard, refreshed on schedule. | 1 to 2 weeks | On handover | 8,000 to 10,000 |
| Statistics to dashboard | Your PDFs and spreadsheets rebuilt as an interactive dashboard, with the source on every chart. | 2 to 3 weeks | On handover | 12,000 to 18,000 |
| Analysis, evaluation or survey study | One question answered on your data: a forecast, a segmentation, an evaluation of a campaign or service change against a baseline, or analysis of survey data you already hold. A written report with a method note your team can check. | 3 to 5 weeks | On delivery | 15,000 to 30,000 |
| Reporting pipeline | Data pulled, cleaned, checked and loaded on a schedule, feeding a live dashboard. Priced by the number of sources. | 4 to 6 weeks | Half at the working version, half on handover | 28,000 to 45,000 |
| Run and support | Monitoring of scheduled refreshes, fixes to anything I built, and changes: up to one day a month at A$1,500, up to two days at A$3,000. Issues acknowledged within one business day. | Monthly | Monthly in arrears | 1,500 to 3,000 |
Time runs from the signed-off scope to handover, handover included. Discovery, when a project needs it, is the separate one-week package. Prices exclude GST. Work outside the packages is A$1,600 a day for scoping, design and analysis, and A$1,200 a day for the build.
Copy any row into your value-for-money note. Where a row says commitment, it is a term written into the scope; every other row links to something you can check now.
Table 2. Criteria, response and evidence
| Criterion | Response | Evidence you can check |
|---|---|---|
| Relevant experience | Forecasting, automated reporting (73 of 74 campaign reports in one run) and survey coding, delivered for named organisations in finance, retail, health and the non-profit sector. | Three cases and Figure 1, Table 3 |
| Value for money | A fixed price per package, published up front. A written scope with acceptance criteria, a review at every working version, and payment only on delivery or handover. | Prices and payment terms in Table 1 |
| Speed | AI-assisted build, so you get a working link in week one, then a new one every week. | Commitment, written into the scope as review points |
| Accessibility | Built and tested to WCAG 2.1 AA. The test method and results come with the handover. | Test of this site: method and results |
| Data location and security | I work inside your tenant or cloud account, and your data stays there. No agency data goes into an AI service without written approval. | Commitment, written into the scope. Capability statement, risk management |
| Source attribution | Every figure names its source, and any number can be followed back to the raw row it came from. | One number traced from file to chart, the script |
| IP and handover | You own what is built for you: code, data and documents. Open-source libraries keep their own licences. Handover includes a runbook and a session with whoever maintains it. | Sample runbook |
| Procurement pathway | Prequalified on the NSW ICT Services Scheme (SCM0020) for M01, M02 and M05. NSW agencies can also engage a small business directly up to A$250k excluding GST, including where a scheme applies. Commonwealth agencies can buy from SMEs directly under exemption 17. | buy.nsw supplier profile, PBD-2023-03, CPR appendix |
| Business details | Sole trader, ABN 20 611 702 297. Professional indemnity A$2M and public liability A$10M on every contract. | Insurance certificates at contract start |
Me, Gus Dantas. A decade of data analysis, the last eight years in Sydney across two media agencies and a retail media network, for clients in finance, retail, consumer goods, health and the non-profit sector. It started with research in data analysis during a degree in mechatronics engineering, then a master's in applied IT.
You deal with the person who builds it, from the first call to the handover.
Table 3. Track record: the role I held and what I built in each.
| Period | Where | Clients | What I built |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 to now | Retail media network of a national specialty retailer, Data & Analytics Lead | The retailer and its supplier brands | A reporting pipeline from six ad platforms into one warehouse, an operator dashboard used daily, and incrementality measurement. 73 of 74 campaign reports built in one run. |
| 2022 to 2025 | The Media Precinct, Head of Analytics | Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Dementia Australia, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Animals Australia, Learning Links, St Andrew's Cathedral School, Camilla and Marc, Fella Hamilton, Blue Illusion, Sheike, Jojoba Company | A creative performance dashboard used across clients, customer lifetime value analysis, marketing mix models, and AI-assisted coding of 7,400+ open survey answers. |
| 2020 to 2022 | AKQA Media (WPP), Senior Data Analyst. Then Essence, after the merger | Afterpay, Aussie Home Loans, Officeworks, Nestlé, Purina | A revenue forecast and scenario tool for Afterpay. Segmentation and a refinancing forecast for Aussie Home Loans. Cart-abandonment clustering for Officeworks. Weekly creative reporting for Nestlé and Purina. |
| 2018 to 2020 | Switched On, Data Analyst | Agency clients | Client dashboards and reporting in Tableau and SQL. |
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I'll reply with what I'd change, and build you a free prototype from your public data.