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Insights on data engineering, governance, and building data-driven organizations.
Case Study
Data Engineering
AI & ML
Analytics
From 500 Dashboards to Self-Service: AI-Driven BI Migration and Autonomous Analytics
An enterprise with 500+ Looker dashboards faced week-long turnaround times and a 3-month p95 backlog. Narona Data led an AI-driven migration to Streamlit on Snowflake and built 12 self-service analytics agents — cutting tech costs 30%, headcount costs 50%, and increasing data capacity 5x.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2026-04-06
Analytics
Data Engineering
The Supply-Demand Matrix: How to Position Your Data Team for Maximum Impact
It's shocking how few consultants and data leaders properly analyze supply and demand for their services. Demand alone tells you nothing — the balance determines everything.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2026-03-20
Analytics
Data Engineering
Unlocking ROI from Your Data Stack
Most companies are sitting on a gold mine of data but struggling to turn it into measurable business value. Here's how to change that.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2026-03-15
Analytics
Data Engineering
Cost Optimization
Why Your Data ROI Is Under Scrutiny (And What to Do About It)
With the unwinding of decades of zero-interest funding, the ROI of data departments across industries is under heavy scrutiny. Here's how to move beyond dashboards to real business value.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2026-03-10
Analytics
Data Governance
Why Your Data Recommendation Didn't Land (And How to Fix It)
You can be prepared, practiced, and genuinely knowledgeable, and still lose a room — not because your material was bad, but because you made the audience work too hard to extract what matters.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2026-02-20
Analytics
Cost Optimization
How to Speak the CFO's Language: Translating Data Work into Business Value
A finding can be rigorous, correct, and unusable — because what counts as evidence, what signals competence, and what feels safe to act on are all audience-specific.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2026-02-10
Analytics
Data Governance
The Four Modes of Communication Every Data Professional Should Master
Most people approach every conversation the same way. They prepare their content, rehearse their points, and walk in ready to deliver. What they rarely ask is: what is this conversation actually for?
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Tony Zeljkovic
2026-01-30
Case Study
Healthcare
Data Governance
Analytics
Smart Scaling: How a Healthcare Provider Governed 100K+ Columns of Sensitive Data in Two Weeks — at 10x Less Than SaaS
How Narona Data helped a U.S. healthcare provider automate data governance across 100K+ columns in Snowflake, achieving 24/7 HIPAA/HITECH compliance at a fraction of SaaS pricing.
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Tony Zeljkovic
2025-03-10