Close to 20 years measuring whether things worked. Now she builds them.
Raquel Mercado is an AI consultant for owner-led firms of 5 to 100 people. Before this, she spent close to 20 years in in-house analytics roles deciding whether projects actually paid off.
Free, about four minutes, and read by Raquel herself.
Why does an analytics background matter for AI work?
You've probably heard an AI project "saved hours." Few people can show you the before number. Raquel spent close to 20 years in analytics, including roles as Manager of Digital Analytics and Senior Manager of Analytics. The job was proving whether something worked before anyone celebrated.
At an eCommerce company, she governed GA4 tracking and QA through a migration. She wrote and validated SQL in BigQuery. She built Tableau dashboards that executives used as one source of truth. She agreed KPI definitions with leadership and ran recurring data office hours, so people could get answers without filing a ticket. In that role, she built a Tableau self-serve reporting platform that cut ad hoc report requests by 40%. She also automated weekly reporting workflows, cutting manual effort by 60%.
At a marketing technology company, she was the analytics lead between enterprise clients and a data science team. She scoped machine learning use cases and pulled and shaped data in SQL. She improved attribution by matching orphaned sales records to customer IDs. She also worked on predictive modeling for email subject lines.
That's why every AI build here starts with a baseline and ends with a 30-day review. The measuring habit came first.
What does Raquel build with AI now?
She has hands-on AI training through Anthropic, Microsoft, DeepLearning.AI, and Udemy. She also builds and runs AI workflows for her own businesses. One is an automated LinkedIn publishing workflow: it drafts posts, renders images, sends her a review email, and schedules the approved posts. Another is a Notion operating system tied to Claude. She runs her own print-on-demand online shop, so the ecommerce side isn't theory either.
What tools does she work in?
- SQL
- BigQuery
- Snowflake
- Tableau
- GA4
- Looker Studio
- Excel
- Claude
- Claude Code
- ChatGPT
- Workflow automation
- AI agents
Are you one person?
Are you one person? Yes, with contracted build capacity.
Raquel Builds Workflows is founder-led. Raquel is the one person you deal with, from the free diagnostic to the 30-day review. She diagnoses the workflow, writes the scope, and sets the baseline. She makes the client decisions with you and reviews every deliverable.
Founder-led
You deal with Raquel from the diagnostic to the 30-day review.
Contracted technical capacity
A contracted technical delivery partner builds to the spec Raquel writes and reviews.
What that means for you
One point of contact who knows your workflow. Build capacity that grows with the scope, without you managing a team.
Where is Raquel based?
Long Island, New York. She works remotely with firms anywhere in the US.
Questions about working with Raquel
Is Raquel new to AI consulting?
Yes, and the AI prices say so: they're labeled launch pricing. Her analytics work spans close to 20 years, which is why the measuring side is priced on experience.
Has she done this for clients before?
Not as a consultancy yet. Her track record is in-house analytics, listed above. Through the founding client program, the first three clients pay a lower price in exchange for helping build the case studies.
Who will actually build my workflow?
A contracted technical delivery partner, working to the spec Raquel writes. Raquel reviews the work before you see it, and stays your single point of contact.
Start where Raquel starts: one workflow and one number.
Free, about four minutes, and read by Raquel herself.