I build visibility systems that help teams make better decisions.
Data can be messy, overwhelming, and it’s everywhere. I design dashboards and data systems that make complex work easier to understand, monitor, and improve.
My work often begins with scattered information across spreadsheets, survey platforms, scheduling tools, learning systems, and team workflows. I bring that information together into views that help people understand progress, identify gaps, monitor trends, and make informed decisions.
These dashboards are not just reporting tools. They are visibility systems that support planning, coaching conversations, stakeholder communication, implementation tracking, and continuous improvement.
Questions My Dashboards Help Answer
- What is scheduled, completed, delayed, or at risk?
- How is workload distributed across facilitators, teams, and timelines?
- What does participant feedback reveal about clarity, engagement, pacing, and application?
- What implementation trends should inform future program design?
- What decisions need to be made based on the data available now?
My Data Philosophy
A dashboard should do more than display information. It should help people understand what they are seeing and decide what to do next.
I design data tools with the end user in mind, whether that user is a facilitator checking feedback, a project lead monitoring implementation, a designer reviewing after-action data, or a leader trying to understand progress across a program.
The goal is always the same: turn scattered data into clear insight.
Dashboard Use Cases
Facilitation Feedback
Summarizes participant feedback, engagement, pacing, clarity, usefulness, and facilitator effectiveness.
Implementation Tracking
Shows what has been scheduled, what is complete, what is upcoming, and where support may be needed.
Capacity Planning
Helps balance facilitator assignments, identify busy dates, monitor workload, and plan staffing needs.
After-Action Review
Allows users to filter by topic or time period and review trends to improve future training.
Backward Planning
Converts target dates into milestone timelines to support project planning and task creation.
Personal Systems
Applies the same systems thinking to personal goals, routines, reading, and progress over time.
Selected Examples
Facilitation Feedback Dashboards
These Qualtrics dashboards summarized participant feedback across learning experiences and webinars, making it easier to review trends in engagement, pacing, clarity, facilitator effectiveness, and participant intent to apply learning.
What this helped answer:
Were participants engaged? Was the content clear? Did the pace work? Did participants feel prepared to apply what they learned?
Implementation & Capacity Planning Dashboards
These spreadsheet dashboards supported scheduling, workload visibility, and implementation planning across learning experiences. They helped identify busy dates, facilitator capacity, scheduled sessions, track distribution, and upcoming delivery needs.
What this helped answer:
Which sessions are scheduled? Which dates are becoming too full? How is workload distributed? Which schools still need follow-up?
After-Action Review Data Tool
This spreadsheet tool allowed users to select a topic or time period and view after-action data tied to learning experience delivery. It helped designers and implementation teams access, compare, and use feedback when modifying future training.
What this helped answer:
What happened during implementation? What adjustments were made? What engagement patterns were observed? What should designers consider for future revisions?
Planning & Productivity Tools
Some data tools are smaller but still valuable. These examples show how I use spreadsheet logic for backward planning, date mapping, habit tracking, and progress monitoring.
What this helped answer:
What needs to happen before a deadline? What patterns are showing up over time? How can recurring work or habits be tracked visually?
Notes from Colleagues
Lucara S.
“You are the data and timing maven I never knew I needed in my life.”
Vanessa Z.
“Always bringing an analytical mindset and point of view that can help to create clear work intentions and systems.”
Savannah W.
“The way you are able to make the complex accessible is amazing to watch.”
Tools & Methods
I use a mix of dashboard platforms, spreadsheet logic, survey tools, and automation to turn scattered information into usable views, some examples are listed below.
Google Sheets
Looker Studio
Qualtrics dashboards
LMS data exports
Asana
TimeTap
Excel
Google Workspace.
data cleaning
formulas & scripts
pivot tables
conditional formatting
queries
date calculations
dashboard wire-framing
survey analysis
feedback review
data storytelling
Access Note
Some dashboard examples include internal implementation data or stakeholder information. Screenshots may be redacted, cropped, or shared through password-protected access when appropriate.
My goal is simple: make complex information easier to understand, easier to use, and easier to act on.
Erin West 