About
A Standalone Firm That Does the Work Itself.
DataGoats is an independent data consulting firm, built to bring the rigor of a large advisory to companies that a large advisory is not built for. The person who scopes the work is the person who does it, working to a written method, with a bench behind them.
What We Hold To
Plain Language
Every figure defined in writing, every model explained to the person who has to trust it.
Sourced
Every number traces to a document, and inference is flagged as inference. It is how we deliver for a boardroom and for a courtroom alike.
Kept Running
We build what you can own, then keep it current under retainer. Success is what still works a year later.
The People
The founder by name; the bench by role.
Thommas Phan, M.S.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Statistician and operator. Holds an M.S. in Statistics and Data Science from UC Davis, has co-authored peer-reviewed research, and has spent a decade turning messy operational data into decisions for healthcare and technology companies.
The Bench
- PhD statisticians and data scientistsFrom the UC Davis network, for specialized modeling, forecasting, and a second reader on anything going to counsel.
- Contract IT and cloud engineersInfrastructure, pipelines, security hardening for protected data, and the client portal.
- AI engineers and specialistsThe extraction, classification and verification tooling around an engagement; design and review specialists as the work needs them.
- Analysts trained on the methodPaid, trained on the written method inside a live engagement, and the source of the firm’s next hires.
How We Work
A Method You Can Read Before You Buy It.
Analysis before build. Explicit approval gates, so nothing is built without a decision. Sourcing discipline: every figure traces to a document. Automated verification before every release, a versioned release log on every file, and a methodology statement as a standard deliverable.
Read how we workWhere
Northern California First.
Northern California first. Sacramento, the Bay Area and the Central Valley in person; elsewhere by arrangement.
Bring Us the Question.
Someone who will do the work replies within two business days.