Data should illuminate, not confuse.
I’m Andrew Boles — a consultant in Waco, Texas who builds analytics that complex organizations can actually understand, use, and sustain.
Andrew Boles, Founder
Background
My path to data consulting runs through physics, engineering, and business: a B.S. in Physics from Abilene Christian University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from UT San Antonio, and an MBA from Baylor University. That combination means I’m comfortable in the data model, the systems architecture, and the boardroom — and I can translate between all three.
Today I wear three hats: Associate Director of Business Intelligence at Baylor University’s Career Center, founder and principal consultant of Boles Data Consulting, and adjunct instructor in Baylor’s Hankamer Online MBA, where I teach Communicating with Data.
What I work in
- Power BI at depth — advanced DAX, Power Query, semantic modeling, Microsoft Fabric
- Power Platform — Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio
- AI agents in production — Copilot Studio plus Anthropic and OpenAI SDKs; deployed tools with real users, not demos
- Python & Azure — automation, optimization, and integration work around the Microsoft stack
In the field
I chair the Data Analytics Knowledge Group for the Southern Association of Colleges and Employers (SoACE) and regularly present at industry conferences on analytics and Power Platform implementation.
Selected work & impact.
A sample of engagements across federal, county, nonprofit, higher education, and private-industry clients.
“The most capable Power BI developer I have ever seen.”CEO, partner data consulting firm
U.S. Department of Energy
Power BI dashboards for HR and budgetary analytics at a federal agency — reporting that holds up in a high-scrutiny environment.
Fundraising analytics — Sage70 partnership
Multiple nonprofit clients: a Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT API integration with custom FIFO inventory logic and gift-categorization DAX, Dynamics 365 revenue reporting with rigorous validation, and a DirectQuery case-management architecture with mirrored warehouse views.
Baylor University Career Center
A suite of ten AI agents in Copilot Studio serving as 24/7 supplemental career coaches; a caseload-optimization system built on linear programming (Python); advanced placement analytics in DAX; and career-fair operations tooling from student check-in apps to automated resume books.
Public infrastructure agency
Business intelligence consulting for a major county infrastructure agency, delivered through a consulting partner.
Texas insurance agency
Designed and built an AI-powered document-automation console, hosted entirely in the client’s own Azure tenant.
Texas electrical contractor
End-to-end Power Platform delivery: a lead and opportunity tracking app, automated notification and calendar flows — and resolution of a QuickBooks/Power BI server integration issue previous vendors couldn’t crack.
Speaking, teaching & writing
- Co-presenter, NACE26 — the National Association of Colleges and Employers annual conference (Denver, 2026)
- SoACE and NACE conference presentations — plus dozens of webinars over the years
- Presenter, Baylor’s 10:10:10 AI talk series
- White paper on AI-enhanced career services
- Adjunct MBA instructor — BUS 5360 Communicating with Data, Baylor Hankamer School of Business
Start a conversation.
Tell me what you’re trying to learn from your data — or what’s eating your team’s time. A 30-minute call is usually enough to map the shortest path forward.