Built for Startups Drowning in Data Silos

We're data infrastructure specialists who help growth-stage companies unify their stacks fast

Why We Exist

Chicago Data Solutions was founded after seeing the same problem at dozens of startups. Great product, growing revenue, but leadership flying blind because their data lives in 8 different tools with no way to connect them.

You're big enough that spreadsheets don't cut it anymore. But you're not big enough to justify $400K+ in data hires. So you're stuck making gut-feel decisions when you should be using data, or burning engineering cycles on one-off SQL queries that break every release.

What We Do Differently

We don't treat this like a typical consulting engagement with discovery phases and months of planning. We've built these pipelines before for SaaS companies, marketplaces, fintech startups, and PE-backed scale-ups. We know what works, what breaks, and how to ship fast without cutting corners.

Most engagements start with a unified data warehouse and your first self-service dashboards live within 3-4 weeks. No six-month roadmap. No "phase two." Just working infrastructure that lets you make decisions with confidence.

3-4
Weeks to First Dashboard
6+
Years Data Engineering Experience
$250K+
Saved vs. Full-Time Hires
100%
Startup-Focused

Who's Building Your Data Infrastructure

No junior developers learning on your dime. Just experienced data engineers who've solved this before.

Favian - CEO

Favian Tirado

Founder & Lead Data Engineer

I'm a data engineer with 6+ years building and improving data platforms across fintech, SaaS, and enterprise companies. I've worked across multiple platform teams, joining mid-build, inheriting existing infrastructure, and starting from scratch. The job has always been the same: understand what's there, figure out what's broken, and make it work better.

What I actually care about is whether the business uses the data. A clean pipeline that nobody looks at isn't a win. I want the ops lead pulling their own numbers on a Monday morning without filing a request. That's the bar I build to.

I started Chicago Data Solutions after seeing the same situation play out at company after company. Data scattered across tools that don't talk to each other, no agreed-upon source of truth, teams making calls off instinct or a spreadsheet someone emailed last Thursday. It's a common problem, a very fixable one.

When you work with Chicago Data Solutions, you work directly with me. I scope it, I build it, I document it.

How We Work

The principles that keep us fast, effective, and founder-friendly

Ship Fast, Build Right

We don't over-engineer. First dashboard in weeks, not months. But built to scale when you hit Series B.

No Fluff, Just Infrastructure

We're not here to run workshops or write strategy decks. We write code, build pipelines, and ship working systems.

Transparent Pricing

Fixed-scope projects with clear deliverables. No surprise invoices, no scope creep, no "phase two" upsells.

Built to Hand Off

When you hire your first data engineer, they'll inherit clean code and documentation, not a black box only we understand.