Data Service Standup

Date: February 27, 2026 Source: Granola Meeting ID: 456c0322-b5d3-4632-97d0-6ce55ccdb3d6 URL: https://notes.granola.ai/t/456c0322-b5d3-4632-97d0-6ce55ccdb3d6

Participants:

  • Uttam Kumaran (Brainforge)
  • Rico Rejoso (Brainforge)
  • Awaish Kumar (Brainforge)
  • Ashwini Sharma (Brainforge)
  • Casie Aviles (Brainforge)
  • Robert Tseng (Brainforge)
  • Mustafa Raja (Brainforge)
  • Zoran Selinger (Brainforge)
  • Demilade Agboola (Brainforge)
  • Clarence Stone (Brainforge)
  • Brylle Girang (Brainforge)

Summary

Project Status Updates

  • Eden OS

    • All modeling work completed
    • Gantt chart document submitted with milestone list
    • Blocked on data access for testing and deployment
    • Converting Gantt chart to linear tasks for Awaish
  • Magic Spoons

    • Previous billing issue fixed (won’t affect current cycle)
    • Cooldown period removed - next cycle should run smoothly
    • Ashwini continuing work on Springs API extraction
  • CSO (Demilade)

    • SOW finalized for 12-month contract
    • Plan to ramp up budget as opportunities arise
    • Next steps: extract spins data, finish remaining models
    • Reduced scope initially to focus on spins for first few weeks

Client Account Progress

  • CTA

    • Technical team more accessible than Element - direct Slack communication encouraged
    • Missing data in route tables, checking S3 for ingestion
    • SQL query model includes all required fields
    • 50% of CS modeling work can be completed with current progress
  • Element

    • Awaish and Amber pairing effectively this week
    • Renewal proposal submitted - 30% larger than Eden deal
    • Planning to add 3 new team members if deal closes
    • Would become largest contract to date
    • Adding senior analyst (potentially Jasmine) and another AE
    • Focus on completing Phil’s deliverables and responding to Shivani
  • Default

    • Modeling started, dashboard development in progress
    • Clear requirements gathered for metrics
    • 3 dashboards planned: financial summary, existing migration, plus one additional
    • Team gaining data access and Omni training scheduled
    • On track per Gantt chart timeline

Technical Implementation

  • Eden For

    • GHL integration implemented (NOTand Zanoji GHL)
    • Zapier account upgrade needed - awaiting client credit card
    • Robert connecting Felicia directly to Coral Data for automation
    • New task received from Mustafa yesterday
  • General Technical Notes

    • Multiple ad hoc client requests ongoing
    • Semrush analysis feedback: data directionally good, code complexity too high
    • Various API integrations and data pipeline work in progress

Hiring and Team Development

  • Final interview process discussion (Awaish, Demilade, Uttam)
  • Creating standardized technical exercises:
    • Data Engineer task: Airbyte/Airflow setup, CSV to DuckDB/Postgres ingestion, DBT implementation (2-3 hour homework)
    • Analytics Engineer task: DBT repo with optimization challenges, intermediate to mart layer development, query performance improvements
  • GitHub repos being created for each exercise type
  • Kayla managing recruitment pipeline effectively
  • Multiple analysts in final rounds, Jasmine showing strong potential

Action Items

  • Rico to send SOW to Uttam for signature (Demilade)
  • Uttam to create GitHub repos for DE and AE technical exercises
  • Awaish to continue CTA data investigation and PR review
  • Element team to push Phil’s deliverables and respond to Shivani requests
  • Default team to finalize metrics preparation for upcoming dashboards
  • Follow up on Eden For Zapier account upgrade once client provides credit card