Decisions first, data second.
Before any modelling, I map the decisions the deliverable has to support. Everything else follows.
I am Alex Esposito, a Data & Analytics consultant at Accenture, based in Rome, Italy. I started in 2020 implementing Salesforce (CPQ, Service, Sales), then moved into analytics, data quality and automation.
Joined Accenture and landed on a CPQ rollout for an industrial manufacturer. Learned how quoting, product rules and approvals compound across the quote-to-cash chain.
Two back-to-back deliveries: Service Cloud for a utility (case routing, Omni-Channel, Knowledge) and Sales Cloud for a bank (pipeline, Lightning, Flow).
Most of my time shifted to the reporting layer over Salesforce. First Power BI cockpit from scratch — semantic model, DAX, Power Query, a governed dataset the leadership team actually used.
Built a recurring data quality framework: rules in Salesforce, a Power BI scorecard, ownership per region. Data quality became a monthly ritual, not a clean-up project.
Oil & Gas client: used Fluxicon Disco over Salesforce OpportunityHistory to surface rework and idle time, then shipped the automations — expiry management, escalations, reassignments, daily digest emails.
Collapsed four parallel Excel processes (time reporting, allocations, availability, chargeability) into one PowerApps + SharePoint Lists model for ~200 users — role-based views, hierarchy-driven permissions, Power Automate reminders.
Before any modelling, I map the decisions the deliverable has to support. Everything else follows.
A score a team overrides is worthless. I choose approaches the business can defend in their own words.
Docs, tests, a runbook, and a training session. The team should own it on Monday.
Every metric has a definition, a test, and a human who signs off on it. That is how trust compounds.