About

Moving forward, together.

Most of our work is reporting that grew faster than the people maintaining it. The numbers exist, but nobody trusts them, and one person is the bottleneck. That is the problem we like, and we fix it by building the model properly and teaching your team as we go.

Nathan Giullian, founder of Birch Run Consulting
Who you'd be working with

Nathan Giullian

Nathan Giullian founded Birch Run Consulting after a career spent helping people get real value out of technology they have already paid for, through a mix of tools, training and tenacity.

He runs Birch Run out of Salt Lake City and organizes the Salt Lake Valley Fabric and Microsoft Data Platforms User Group. Most of the work happens over video, and he is happy to meet in person around Salt Lake City.

We have worked in healthcare, insurance, asset management, medical devices and professional services. The pattern is the same everywhere, and so is the fix: a model the team understands, reports they trust, and nobody left as the single point of failure.

Giving back

Nathan organizes the Salt Lake Valley Fabric and Microsoft Data Platforms User Group.

A free Microsoft Fabric Community user group for people working with Fabric, Power BI and the rest of the Microsoft data platform in the Salt Lake Valley. It is how we give back to the community that taught us most of what we know, and it keeps us close to what is changing in these tools before it lands in your environment.

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Testimonials

What clients say.

  • I am confident that with the support of Nathan, we successfully implemented this reporting and are seeing great results. I am thrilled to see it all come together.

    Sarah DellySarah DellyHealthcare
  • Nathan brings tremendous value to every stage of the data journey from modeling and validation to reporting and insight. His ability to structure scalable, reliable data and communicate complex data makes him an invaluable asset.

    Melissa RutledgeMelissa RutledgeMedical devices
  • Nathan stepped in during a critical stage, bringing data transformation expertise and know-how that helped the project successfully cross the finish line.

    Yina QiaoYina QiaoAsset management
  • His expertise with Power BI was invaluable. He not only provided top-tier technical guidance but also took the time to teach us the ins and outs of the tool so we could be confident and self-sufficient moving forward.

    Maeve McGreeneryMaeve McGreeneryAsset management
  • Nathan helped us take an extremely complex insurance-specific database and developed a reporting framework that allowed us to quickly deliver value to our business end-users. We now have a model for report development that is both fast and scalable.

    Brandon NicholsBrandon NicholsLife insurance and annuities
  • As a fellow developer, I appreciated that [Nathan] didn’t just present the final product—he took the time to walk me through the process, showing me “how the sausage was made.” That openness and collaboration gave me a solid foundation for learning Power BI and made working with him a genuinely rewarding experience.

    Mike KarlsMike KarlsInsurance
Where we work

Salt Lake City, and wherever a video call reaches.

  • Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Utah
  • The Mountain West
  • Remote nationwide

Let's find out if we can help.

Thirty minutes. No cost, no pitch. You will leave with two things you can do that week.