Decision Intelligence Consulting

Decision Intelligence starts with trusted data.

Zirkel helps organizations turn fragmented data into trusted decisions, reusable data products and AI-ready business platforms.

The Zirkel Framework From data to value
Raw Data sources
Trusted Data quality
Data Products reuse
Decision Intelligence analytics & AI
Business Value action
Every organization wants to become data-driven. Few know how to get there.

Zirkel helps organizations simplify and accelerate their journey towards Decision Intelligence.

The goal is not more dashboards. The goal is trusted data, clearer decisions and measurable business value.

Capabilities

What we help you build.

Focused capabilities that connect business decisions, modern data platforms and practical AI.

Decision Intelligence

Better decisions, faster.

Identify high-value decisions and design the intelligence layer behind them.

Executive Platforms

One place to act.

Bring KPIs, forecasts and AI insights into a business-focused experience.

Data Products

Reusable business assets.

Turn reports and datasets into trusted, governed and reusable products.

BI4AI

Trusted data for AI.

Prepare semantic business models and AI-ready information for reliable LLMs.

Analytics Engineering

Modern foundations.

Build pipelines, semantic layers, data models and scalable platforms.

Predictive Analytics

From reporting to prediction.

Use forecasting and machine learning to anticipate future outcomes.

Proof

Selected work across data platforms, analytics and decision tools.

Representative and anonymized client cases across life sciences, banking, energy, utilities, infrastructure and geospatial analytics.

Global pharmaceutical company

Cost Center Data Product

Transparent cost management and forecasting.

We developed a cost center data product to consolidate financial data, monitor spend, analyze variances and support proactive year-end forecasting.

Impact
  • Cost transparency
  • Forecast support
  • Variance analysis
Global pharmaceutical company

Month-End Closing Anomaly Detection

Automated checks for financial closing processes.

We developed analytics and anomaly detection logic to identify unusual movements, missing data and potential inconsistencies during month-end closing.

Impact
  • Earlier issue detection
  • Reduced manual checks
  • Improved closing quality
Global pharmaceutical company

HR Decision Platform

Decision support for recruiting and apprenticeships.

We developed a decision platform to support HR teams with analytics around recruiting, apprenticeship programs, applications and workforce-related decision processes.

Impact
  • Recruiting transparency
  • Apprenticeship analytics
  • HR decision support
Swiss financial institution

Tableau Platform Implementation

Secure analytics platform, governance and enablement.

We supported the conceptual, technical and security-oriented implementation of a Tableau analytics platform, including governance, operating model and best-practice setup.

Impact
  • Platform architecture
  • Security concept
  • Analytics governance
Swiss financial institution

Business-led BI & Decision Dashboards Development

Business view layer, governance and flagship dashboards.

We supported the introduction of a professional BI development setup by designing a business view layer, creating flagship decision dashboards for private banking, and establishing data governance and best practices.

Impact
  • Business view layer
  • Private banking dashboards
  • BI governance and best practices
Major Swiss energy company

Data Infrastructure for WebGIS and Wind Projects

Scalable foundations for geospatial energy analytics.

We designed and built data infrastructure for WebGIS and wind project workflows, including architecture, best practices, DevOps flows and reliable data delivery patterns.

Impact
  • Data architecture
  • DevOps workflows
  • Scalable project setup
Leading Swiss energy utility provider

Analytical Data Platform for Energy

Data products for portfolio and trading decisions.

We supported an analytical data platform and reporting landscape with data products for portfolio management, energy trading and executive reporting.

Impact
  • Portfolio data products
  • Trading analytics
  • Executive reporting
Leading Swiss energy utility provider

Automated Energy Alerting System

Automated monitoring for critical procurement processes.

We developed an automated alerting system to monitor data quality, process states and relevant anomalies in energy procurement.

Impact
  • Automated anomaly detection
  • Earlier issue resolution
  • Reduced manual checks
Leading Swiss energy utility provider

Hydropower Analytics Cockpit

Analytics for hydropower operations.

We developed a cockpit for hydropower plants, bringing operational and analytical data into a focused reporting and monitoring experience.

Impact
  • Operational transparency
  • Plant-level KPIs
  • Decision support
Regional Swiss utility provider

Thermal Energy Monitoring Platform

Operational, financial and ecological data in one warehouse.

We developed a data warehouse and reporting layer bringing together data from operational systems, sensors, cost structures, financial sources and ecological indicators.

Impact
  • Unified source of truth
  • Operational reporting layer
  • Cross-domain transparency
Swiss infrastructure engineering company

Infrastructure Asset Management Tool

Decision support for municipal infrastructure planning.

We developed a web-based tool to support the assessment, planning and management of municipal infrastructure assets, investments, projects and connected utility networks.

Impact
  • Asset condition overview
  • Investment planning
  • Project transparency
Zirkel product

Zirkel Dashboard Mapper

Tableau transparency, auditing and governance.

ZDM is an offline tool that analyzes Tableau workbooks and visualizes dependencies between fields, calculations, filters, sets and actions, helping teams debug, audit and maintain complex dashboards with confidence.

Impact
  • Dashboard dependency mapping
  • Logic and quality validation
  • Offline governance-ready analysis
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Industries

Proven across industries.

We tailor each engagement to the client's context, goals and operating model.

Healthcare & Life Sciences Energy & Utilities Banking & Insurance Manufacturing Logistics Real Estate Public Sector
Approach

The Zirkel Approach.

A pragmatic path from business problem to scalable solution.

01

Discover

Clarify decisions and outcomes.

02

Assess

Review data, reports and systems.

03

Design

Define platform and user experience.

04

Build

Implement data, analytics and AI.

05

Enable

Train teams and document ownership.

06

Scale

Extend across domains safely.

About Us

Small team. Senior expertise. Business-first delivery.

Zirkel is a Zurich-based business-driven data and AI consulting company. We help clients turn complex data landscapes into practical analytics, decision platforms and data products.

Our strength lies in combining business understanding with deep technical expertise. By bringing together strategy, data, software engineering, analytics and AI, we create solutions that are intuitive, scalable and designed to deliver measurable business value.

Zurich-based Senior consultants Vendor-independent Enterprise experience End-to-end delivery
Kaan Ertekin

Kaan Ertekin

Founder

Kaan Ertekin

I work with business leaders to identify where data creates competitive advantage and help turn those opportunities into production-ready solutions. Combining business consulting with deep technical expertise, I bridge strategy, analytics, AI and engineering to deliver solutions that scale.

Christian Hoffmann

Christian Hoffmann

Partner

Christian Hoffmann

Partner with a background in economics, finance, data strategy and analytics projects across business and IT.

Ketan Chohan

Ketan Chohan

Senior Consultant

Ketan Chohan

BI consultant focused on stakeholder management, visualization and turning analytical problems into clear business outputs.

Gil Salvans Torras

Gil Salvans Torras

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Gil Salvans Torras

Full stack engineer building data-driven applications, domain tools and analytics solutions.

Ready to turn trusted data into better business decisions?

Start with a short discovery conversation. We identify where Decision Intelligence can create value and define a pragmatic next step.

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