About

Josh Andrews

Principal · Dorian Insights

Senior data and analytics consultant with two decades of hands-on platform, modeling, and leadership experience across Tier 1 consulting firms and Fortune 500 clients. Dorian Insights is the structure around that work today.

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Background

Who I am

Two decades in technology consulting, executing engagements inside multiple Fortune 500 organizations while handling all aspects of a modern data & analytics practice at a Tier 1 consulting firm. The connective tissue across all of it has been deep, hands-on technical work — modeling, pipelines, cloud warehouses, dbt — paired with the kind of direct executive communication that is usually walled off in larger consulting engagements.

Dorian Insights is the practice around this work today: a senior-principal consultancy focused on data and analytics, business strategy, and the technology architecture that supports them. Most current engagements involve direct platform work — across cloud data warehouses (e.g. Snowflake, BigQuery), dbt, and the broader modern data stack — typically in service of a strategic question that started with leadership.

Current focus areas include building and operating cloud data platforms; team and process design; integration of LLMs and AI into analytical workflows; and full-stack analysis from raw data through executive presentation.

Capabilities

Where the practice draws from.

Three pillars built up over the last two decades, used in some combination on most engagements.

Consulting & leadership

Senior delivery experience

  • Large data & analytics team leadership at Tier 1 consulting firms
  • Execution and leadership inside multiple Fortune 500 clients
  • Direct C-suite reporting and executive stakeholder management
  • Major focus on business delivery alongside technical execution
Technical expertise

Deep, hands-on platform work

  • Cloud data warehouse architecture (e.g. Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)
  • Full-stack: modeling, pipelines, SQL, Python, dbt, BI & viz
  • Performance tuning, cost optimization, query plan analysis
  • Current, practical integration of LLMs and AI into data work
Business & financial acumen

Practical commercial sense

  • P&L, ARR/MRR, gross & net margin, utilization management
  • Technology & vendor contract negotiation, legal risk management
  • Budget development, resource planning, staffing decisions
  • Change management and metrics deployment across the org
Where I Work From

Based in Hilo, Hawaii.

Remote-first by default. Travel to client sites as engagements require.

Home base is the east side of the Big Island. Most current engagements run remote, with on-site travel scheduled into the work as it makes sense. Time zone coverage tends to align naturally with West Coast morning meetings and Asia-Pacific afternoon sessions.

The setup keeps overhead low and travel intentional — which means more of the engagement budget goes into the actual work rather than the logistics around it.

Get in touch

Open to new conversations.

Most useful first conversations are short, frank, and unguarded. Book a 30-minute intro call, drop a message through the form, or reach out by email or LinkedIn directly.

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