About Oklahoma Data Partners
Oklahoma Data Consulting & Data Talent Recruiting Built From Real Technical Experience
Oklahoma Data Partners is a data consulting and data recruiting firm based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It helps organizations understand and use their data through four pillars: data analytics and dashboards (business intelligence reports in Power BI and Tableau that show results at a glance); data engineering and pipelines (moving raw data from files, spreadsheets, APIs, and business systems into data warehouses, a shared home for reporting data); data architecture (designing how data is modeled, stored, and connected so it can grow); and database administration (keeping databases secure, backed up, and fast, including SQL Server consulting and remote DBA services). It works across Microsoft Azure and SQL Server (on-premises and cloud), AWS, Google Cloud, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Power BI, Tableau, and Python. It also recruits data engineers, data analysts, BI developers and Power BI developers, database administrators and SQL Server DBAs, data architects, data warehouse and ETL developers, analytics engineers, data platform engineers, and data leaders for permanent and contract roles with employers across Oklahoma, including Tulsa; its recruiting is data-only and Oklahoma-only.
Our origin
The story behind Oklahoma Data Partners
Oklahoma Data Partners works across four pillars: data analytics and dashboards, data engineering and pipelines, data architecture, and database administration. That range shapes the company's belief that Oklahoma businesses need two things: better data systems and better data people.
Covering that whole journey, from the database underneath to the dashboard on top, lets the company see how each layer affects the others and how data systems actually affect a business.
The problem the company was built around is a common one: organizations collect more data than ever, but their systems, processes, and internal teams struggle to keep up.
Databases grow. Reports slow down. Pipelines break. Dashboards look good, but the numbers behind them are not always trusted. Internal teams are talented, but often stretched thin, and the right data hire can be just as hard to find as the fix.
Oklahoma Data Partners was created to close that gap from both sides.
On the consulting side, the company helps organizations understand and use their data through four pillars: data analytics and dashboards, data engineering and pipelines, data architecture, and database administration. On the recruiting side, it helps Oklahoma companies hire the data professionals who can own those systems, for permanent and contract roles. We recruit data engineers, data analysts, BI developers and Power BI developers, database administrators and SQL Server DBAs, data architects, data warehouse and ETL developers, analytics engineers, data platform engineers, and data leaders for Oklahoma employers — data-only recruiting for permanent and contract roles.
Two equal pillars
Data Consulting + Data Talent Recruiting
Founded 2023 in Oklahoma City · Built from real technical experience across the full data stack — so we can both build and run data systems and help Oklahoma companies hire the people who run them.
The journey
The full data journey we cover
Business Data Systems
Start with the systems the business already runs on.
Reporting & SQL
Check the queries and reports behind everyday decisions.
Database Administration
Keep databases secure, backed up, and quick.
Database Development
Write clear, tested SQL (the language databases use) and table designs.
Data Engineering
Move, clean, and automate data between connected systems.
Data Architecture
Design how data is stored and connected so it can grow.
Big Data Analytics
Turn large, messy data into dashboards and insights leaders trust.
Oklahoma Data Partners
Founded in 2023 to offer better data systems and better data people in one place.
Founder
Don Karlos — Founder, Oklahoma Data Partners
Don Karlos is a senior data engineer and database specialist who founded Oklahoma Data Partners to give Oklahoma organizations one partner for understanding their data (analytics, dashboards, data engineering) and for hiring the data people behind it.
Two equal pillars
Why we do both data consulting and data talent recruiting
Oklahoma Data Partners is a data-only firm built on two equal pillars. Some companies need help understanding and using their data. Some need the right data professional hired. Many need both.
Data Consulting
Data analytics and dashboards, data engineering and pipelines, data architecture, and database administration, so your business can understand and use its data.
We do consulting because too many Oklahoma businesses are slowed down by data they cannot trust — slow databases, broken reports, failed pipelines, and dashboards no one believes. Fixing the foundation is what makes everything built on top of it reliable.
Explore Data ConsultingData Talent Recruiting
Find and hire permanent data professionals who understand SQL, analytics, reporting, pipelines, business context, ownership, and team fit.
We do recruiting because the wrong data hire is just as damaging as a broken system. Oklahoma Data Partners helps Oklahoma companies hire permanent data professionals who can actually do the work, own the details, and fit the team.
Explore Data Talent RecruitingWhy the two belong together
Most firms either build data systems or recruit people. Oklahoma Data Partners does both, because data problems are often connected to talent problems. Sometimes the system needs to be stabilized. Sometimes the role needs to be defined better. Sometimes the company needs both.
Why we exist
Oklahoma Data Partners exists because data chaos slows businesses down.
Many organizations are not failing because they lack data. They are struggling because their data is scattered, slow, duplicated, poorly structured, manually handled, or not trusted — or because they cannot find the right data professional to own it.
Oklahoma Data Partners helps companies bring order, reliability, structure, and clarity to their data environment.
The transformation
Messy Data
Scattered, duplicated, manual, and slow.
Clean Data
Structured, validated, and consistent.
Reliable Systems
Stable databases, pipelines, and reports.
Trusted Decisions
Numbers leaders can act on with confidence.
Our principles
What we believe
Data should make decisions clearer, not more confusing.
Dashboards are only useful when the data behind them is clean and trusted.
Strong databases are the foundation of strong analytics.
Good consulting should leave the client stronger, not dependent.
Simple explanations matter. Clients should understand what is happening in their systems.
Data problems should be solved from the foundation up — not decorated with pretty charts.
How we work
Our approach: assess, stabilize, clean, build, support.
Assess
We review your database, reporting, pipeline, architecture, or analytics environment to understand what is really happening.
Stabilize
We identify risks, urgent issues, slow systems, broken jobs, and weak processes that need attention.
Clean
We help clean data, improve structures, validate logic, reduce confusion, and build better reporting foundations.
Build
We design and develop databases, pipelines, dashboards, data models, and architecture that support real business needs.
Support
We provide ongoing consulting, documentation, guidance, and technical support so your systems continue improving.
Where we've worked
Experience across industries where data matters.
Oklahoma Data Partners's perspective comes from work across small businesses and large organizations in industries where data reliability, reporting accuracy, and system performance are important.
Healthcare
Reliable data supports operational visibility, reporting accuracy, and better decision-making.
Insurance
Accurate, well-structured data underpins underwriting, claims, compliance, and reporting.
Manufacturing
Production, inventory, operations, and performance data must be timely and trusted.
Banking & Financial Services
Data accuracy, performance, reconciliation, and reporting control matter every day.
Small & Midsize Businesses
Lean teams need clean systems and clear reporting they can rely on as they grow.
Professional Services
Project, client, and billing data must be organized, accurate, and easy to report on.
SaaS & Technology Companies
Product, usage, and customer data fuel decisions, dashboards, and growth.
Nonprofits
Clear data supports funding, program reporting, transparency, and accountability.
Government Contractors
Structured, well-documented data supports compliance, reporting, and audit readiness.
The advantage
Why Oklahoma companies work with us.
Oklahoma Data Partners is not built like a large, disconnected consulting machine. The work is guided by real technical experience, direct accountability, and a practical understanding of what companies actually need — whether that means fixing a data system or helping hire the person who will own it.
The same technical depth that fixes data systems also makes us better at recruiting the data professionals who run them — every recommendation and every shortlist is grounded in experience and responsibility.
What we do
What Oklahoma Data Partners helps companies do
Our promise
The Oklahoma Data Partners standard
The standard we hold
Every engagementThe standard we hold ourselves to on every engagement — not a measured performance claim.
Security & confidentiality
Your data environment is treated with care.
We understand that database, reporting, analytics, and pipeline environments can contain sensitive business information. Every conversation and engagement is approached with professionalism, confidentiality, and respect for your systems.
Respect for internal systems
We do not make careless changes. We take time to understand your environment before recommending or touching anything.
Careful access handling
We request only the access we need, use it responsibly, and work within your organization's existing controls and permissions.
Security-aware recommendations
Database, analytics, and architecture recommendations consider access, permissions, risk, and operational impact.
Confidential conversations
Discovery calls and engagements are treated as confidential. What you share about your systems stays between us.
Documentation discipline
Clear documentation helps your team understand what was reviewed, changed, recommended, or delivered.
Business-sensitive reporting awareness
Reports and dashboards often contain sensitive business context. We approach analytics work with that reality in mind.
Security practices are tailored to each engagement and aligned with your organization's own policies, access controls, and permissions.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Follow the Oklahoma Data Partners journey
Oklahoma Data Partners shares practical insights on clean data, reliable systems, database performance, data engineering, architecture, analytics, business intelligence, and how to hire data talent in Oklahoma.
Need to fix a data system or hire data talent?
Tell Oklahoma Data Partners what is happening in your database, reporting, pipeline, architecture, or analytics environment — or the data role you are trying to fill. We will help you identify the best next step.