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15+ years · PhD · Data Strategist · HIPAA + FERPA + IRB fluent
You have work that matters. The data behind it needs care and attention you don't have time to give it. We build the systems, pipelines, and measurement frameworks that let you stop managing the problem and get back to the work. End to end, from design to delivery, built to keep running after we're done.
Inform Analytics is a small practice led by Dr. Misty Knight-Finley.
Core Services
MOST COMPREHENSIVE
Fractional CDO + Implementation
You need a senior data leader who can actually do the work.
$9,500/mo · 40 hrs · 3-month min
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Data Pipelines + Integration
You have to open 25 tabs and pull out a calculator to answer your most important business questions.
Starting engagement
See Full DetailsREPORTING + ANALYSIS
Client + Stakeholder Reporting
You have data and a deadline. You need someone who can do both the analysis and the story.
Starting engagement
See Full DetailsFIXED FEE · NO COMMITMENT
Office Hours
60 minutes with Misty directly. Intake form sent 48 hours before so you hit the ground running. Live problem-solving, not a pitch. Email summary of action items within 48 hours.
The $500 credits toward any engagement booked within 30 days. · Add-on: written memo (1-2 pages) for $150.
Ideal for: founders, ops leads, or PIs stuck on one specific decision. Pilot data you're not sure is salvageable. A vendor pitch you want pressure-tested.
$500
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Fractional CDO + Implementation
$9,500/mo · 40 hrs · 3-month minimum · Most Comprehensive
Fractional CDO + Implementation
$9,500/mo · 40 hrs · 3-month minimum · Most ComprehensiveThe CDO who isn't afraid to get her hands dirty.
Pipeline management, compliance accountability, data product development, and client-facing reporting -- led and executed by a senior PhD with 15+ years experience. Not a strategy deck and a handoff. The whole thing.
- Weekly standing calls (strategy + status)
- Pipeline build, management, and monitoring
- Compliance accountability (HIPAA, FERPA, SOC2 as applicable)
- Data product development
- Client and stakeholder reporting
- Async advisory, responded within 1 business day
Data Pipelines + Integration
End-to-end pipeline creation, audits, and support
Data Pipelines + Integration
End-to-end pipeline creation, audits, and supportYour data lives in multiple places. Some of it moves on schedule, some breaks when someone is out, and none of it answers the questions you're asking. We build pipelines that are documented, repeatable, and compliant.
- Current-state audit of sources, flows, and integration gaps
- Architecture recommendation with named technology choices and tradeoffs
- HIPAA, FERPA, or SOC2 compliance review where applicable
- Phased implementation roadmap with cost estimates
- 3 to 4 week engagement
- ETL build, priced by source count, with monitoring and documentation your non-specialist team can maintain
- Compliance-ready transfer (encryption, SFTP)
- Dashboard layer
- 30/60/90-day post-launch support
Client + Stakeholder Reporting
Cutting-edge automated reports, customized for your needs
Client + Stakeholder Reporting
Cutting-edge automated reports, customized for your needsYou have data. You have a deadline. You need someone who can do the underlying analysis and deliver something a funder, a board, and a program officer can all read. We handle everything from the first data pull to the final deliverable.
- One research question or evaluation theme
- Up to 20-page narrative OR 12-slide deck
- Five findings prioritized for your next funder cycle
- Methodology defensible in any audit
- One round of revisions
- 3 to 4 week engagement
- Additional research questions or variables
- Additional revision rounds
- Live presentation of findings
- Ongoing reporting relationship (quarterly or annual)
Survey Design + Analysis
Instrument design, validation, and psychometric analysis
Survey Design + Analysis
Instrument design, validation, and psychometric analysisAn instrument going into the field is a commitment. We design, validate, and analyze surveys built to hold up under foundation, federal, and stakeholder scrutiny -- so you're not finding out at validation time that the construct doesn't hold.
- Audit of an existing instrument (logic, item clarity, validity, attention-check coverage)
- Item-level recommendation memo
- 2-week engagement
- Full instrument build (up to 40 items)
- Validity and reliability plan
- Analysis plan delivered with the instrument
- Pilot data analysis
- Full psychometric validation report
- IRB protocol review or drafting
- Panel sourcing coordination
- Translation and localization
Office Hours
60 minutes directly with Misty · $500 · Credited towards future engagements
Office Hours
60 minutes directly with Misty · $500 · Credited towards future engagementsGet one-on-one time with Misty. The $500 fee credits toward any engagement booked within 30 days.
- Intake form 48 hours before so we hit the ground running
- Live problem-solving, not a pitch
- Email summary of action items within 48 hours
- Single fixed fee, no commitment beyond the hour
- Extended written memo (1-2 pages) for $150.
Also Available
Program Evaluation
Comprehensive review and feedback
Program Evaluation
Comprehensive review and feedbackA scoped engagement calibrated to the specific grant or contract requirement.
- Funder-ready logic model
- Evaluation plan tied to the grant or contract
- Indicator selection with rationale
- Data collection tool recommendations
- 3 to 4 week engagement
- Up to 2 data collection instruments built and ready to deploy
- Baseline report from the first data pull
- Training for program staff
Research Design
Detailed and proactive design created for your research initiative
Research Design
Detailed and proactive design created for your research initiativeA scoped methodology engagement for new research initiatives.
- Up to 2 research questions sharpened for answerability
- Methodology selection with written rationale
- Sampling strategy and recruitment plan
- Analysis plan written before data collection starts
- IRB protocol review, as applicable
- 3-week engagement
- Multi-method design
- Up to 4 research questions
- IRB protocol drafting
- Researcher onboarding or training
FAQ
What do engagements typically cost?
Project engagements start at $1,000. Small engagements typically run $3,000 to $8,000. Fractional and larger builds run $9,500/month and up. Pricing is set on the scoping call from a fixed-fee statement of work. Nonprofit and foundation rates available.
What is it like to work with you?
Most clients say some version of the same thing: they came for one deliverable and left understanding their own work better than before. That's not accidental. We don't just learn your data, we learn your business-- including the funding dynamics, the stakeholders, and the internal politics that shape what's actually possible.
Our work is rigorous and we take it seriously, but we're also genuinely fun to be in a room with. We ask good questions. We bring ideas to the table that have nothing to do with your original ask and sometimes turn out to be the most valuable part of the engagement.
People come back to us because working together feels like having a sharp, invested colleague who already knows your context and actually cares how it turns out.
You'll get more than you paid for. We promise.
Why shouldn't I just use AI to get this job done myself??
AI is part of how we work too. The question isn't whether to use it -- it's whether you have the domain expertise to know when it's wrong. A hallucinated analysis plan or a survey instrument with a broken construct looks fine until it doesn't. We bring a deep understanding of and appreciation for how AI works, but we also know when using it improves quality and efficiency, and when it bogs down creativity and output.
What if scope changes?
Every SOW has a written change-order process. New scope means a new mini-quote approved before work starts.
What's your turnaround for a hard deadline?
Tell me what you need on the scoping call, and I'll tell you whether we can make it work. If we can't deliver on your timeline, we'll tell you what we can complete by then.
Who owns the deliverables?
You do.
Not sure which fits?
Book a scoping call. We'll either align on an engagement or build something custom.