Analyze & model data
Pull the story out of the mess — financial models, ops reports, and numbers you can stand behind in a meeting.
Owners and service leads who need a straight answer
Data & AI Consultant · Southeastern Idaho
The Go-To Data and AI Guy for Southeastern Idaho
I work with businesses around Preston, Franklin County, the Cache Valley, and the rest of southeastern Idaho when the spreadsheets are a mess, the reports don't match, or AI sounds useful but nobody knows where to start.
Daniel Swainston
Builder and translator — I connect the plan to the tools.
What I help with
The work I take on
Data, dashboards, automation, websites, and the glue between them — mostly for small and mid-size teams that don't have a big IT bench.
Dashboards & reporting
Build views and reports people open on purpose. I translate leader questions into something the data can answer.
Teams with too many spreadsheets and no clear picture
Process cleanup & automation
Find where work gets stuck, then fix the path — workflows, tools, and a little automation where it earns its keep.
Teams tired of redoing the same manual steps
AI that fits the job
Figure out where AI helps, where it doesn't, and how to roll it out without confusing the whole crew.
Groups that want AI help without a science project
How we work
Listen, dig in, deliver
Listen
What's broken, who needs the answer, and what good looks like for your shop or team.
Find the bottleneck
Track where data, process, or tools fall apart — then focus on the part that matters.
Build and hand it off
A dashboard, a cleaner process, automation, or an AI setup your people will keep using.
Around here — southeastern Idaho
Shop, clinic, farm, crew, agency, ops team — if you're between Preston and the Cache Valley (or close enough) and the data side of the business is wearing you out, I'm nearby. I live here. I'd rather fix the system than sell you a buzzword.
- Preston, ID
- Franklin County, ID
- Southeastern Idaho
- Cache Valley
- Logan, UT
- Pocatello, ID
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Rexburg, ID
Examples
Projects I've been in the middle of
Cost transparency & TBM
IT charge models, month-end close, and cost views leaders can defend in a budget meeting.
Data storytelling & dashboards
Reports and dashboards that answer real questions — not more charts nobody opens.
AI & automation enablement
Help teams pick AI and automation that fit the work — ServiceNow, Power Platform, and whatever else earns its place.
Background
How I got here
Click around the map if you want the longer story — roles, partners, strengths, and where I'm headed next.
Data & AI Consultant · Southeastern Idaho
Daniel Swainston
I sit between the people who decide and the people who build — and help both sides get something real done.
I work with businesses around Preston, Franklin County, the Cache Valley, and the rest of southeastern Idaho when the spreadsheets are a mess, the reports don't match, or AI sounds useful but nobody knows where to start.
- 10+ years at Intermountain Health
- Preston, Idaho · southeastern Idaho · remote
- Husband. Dad. Adventurer. Builder.
“I like making complicated things simple enough to use, and useful enough to keep.”
Off the clock
Gear in my garage and kit
Brands I buy with my own money — outdoors, tools, home, and the rest.
Common questions
- Who helps with data and AI around southeastern Idaho?
- Daniel Swainston works out of Preston. He helps local shops, clinics, ops teams, and regional groups with data, reporting, automation, and putting AI to work in plain language.
- What kind of work does Daniel take on?
- Messy data and reporting, dashboards people will open, financial and ops models, process cleanup, automation, and AI tools that fit how the business already runs.
- Where does he work?
- Mostly southeastern Idaho — Preston, Franklin County, Cache Valley, and nearby towns. Remote is fine when the fit is good.
- How do I get in touch?
- Email danielwswainston@gmail.com or use the contact form on the site. Tell him what you're stuck on and when you need help — he'll get back if he can take it.
“I like making complicated things simple enough to use, and useful enough to keep.”
Cleaner numbers. Clearer calls. Tools people don't hate using.