Thinklytics

Data Analytics Consulting in Chicago

Senior-led analytics for Chicago financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and consumer brands. Tableau, Power BI, and AI readiness.

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What clients in this market usually arrive with

  • Reporting cannot be trusted, described as sales and finance numbers do not match or inconsistent KPI reporting. Resolved by Metric governance, data cleaning, master data management, data engineering.
  • Reporting takes too much work, described as automate monthly reporting or combine reports from multiple systems. Resolved by Executive reporting, integrations, ERP consolidation.
  • Employees waste time finding information, described as search internal company documents or find policies and procedures quickly. Resolved by Knowledge assistant, RAG, unstructured data platform.
  • Systems require manual handoffs, described as eliminate manual data entry between systems or automate approval workflows. Resolved by API integration, workflow automation, human review design.
  • AI projects are not delivering value, described as measure AI ROI or AI pilot not moving to production. Resolved by Strategy, readiness assessment, AI PMO, adoption.
  • AI is too risky to deploy, described as AI confidential data protection or control AI agent permissions. Resolved by Governance, AI security, agent identity, evaluation.

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Frequently asked questions

Are you based in Chicago?

Thinklytics is headquartered in Austin, Texas. We work with Chicago clients regularly, are in the same Central Time zone, and travel to client offices for kickoff and key working sessions.

Do you have Chicago-area financial services experience?

Yes. We have shipped governance, AI-readiness, and regulatory reporting work for Chicago banks, insurance carriers, and asset managers. We can share named references in similar verticals on a discovery call.

Can you work on-site in Chicago?

Yes. Direct flights from Austin to Chicago are easy. We send senior practitioners on-site for kickoff, governance committee meetings, and executive readouts. Build work happens remotely with regular touchpoints.

Do you work with Chicago-area healthcare systems?

Yes. We work with multi-hospital health systems, academic medical centers, and health-insurance payers headquartered in the Chicago metro. Our healthcare engagement count through 2026 is six health systems.

How does pricing work?

We price by deliverable, not by the hour. Start with the 30-day Analytics Truth Audit, then implementation scopes to the work. Request the audit for a fixed quote.

Start with an Analytics Truth Audit. We review your data environment, identify what is broken, and give you a prioritized fix list before any work begins.