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Spreadsheet Workflow Modernization

Modernize the spreadsheets your business depends on.

I help small and mid-sized businesses fix, automate, and rebuild Excel and Google Sheets workflows — especially bid estimators, quoting tools, dashboards, and internal systems that have become too important to keep duct-taping.

What I Help Businesses Fix

When the spreadsheet becomes business-critical, the problem is bigger than formulas.

I help businesses repair, automate, and modernize spreadsheet-based workflows that have become too important, too manual, or too fragile to keep patching.

Bid Estimators & Quoting Tools

I build, repair, and modernize Excel and Google Sheets estimators used for pricing, bidding, quoting, margin control, and proposal generation.

Common fits: commercial interiors, building materials, custom windows and doors, custom home builders, mattress wholesalers, cabinetry, millwork, and specialty contractors.

Spreadsheet Workflow Automation

I clean up fragile workbooks and Google Sheets, simplify formulas, improve data structure, automate repetitive steps, and reduce manual copy/paste work using VBA, Google Apps Script, and AI-assisted workflows.

Best for reporting workflows, pricing files, trackers, dashboards, recurring exports, and business-critical spreadsheets that still belong in Excel or Sheets.

Dashboards & Internal Tools

I build dashboards, scorecards, reporting tools, and lightweight web apps when the business has outgrown the spreadsheet and needs user logins, permissions, database-backed workflows, or cleaner data entry.

Best for multi-user workflows, role-based access, quote history, approvals, admin dashboards, and app-like business processes.

THE SPREADSHEET CEILING

Excel and Google Sheets are powerful. They are not business applications.

Most spreadsheet systems start simple: a tracker, estimator, report, or calculator. Then the business grows, more people need access, pricing rules multiply, reports take longer, and the file starts behaving like a fragile database or half-built software system.

01

Fix the Spreadsheet

When the tool still belongs in Excel or Google Sheets.

  • Clean up formulas and structure
  • Improve data validation
  • Separate inputs, calculations, and outputs
  • Protect key logic
  • Improve reporting views
  • Reduce file fragility
02

Automate the Workflow

When the spreadsheet is useful, but the process around it is too manual.

  • VBA automation
  • Google Apps Script
  • AI-assisted summaries or scoring
  • Import/export workflows
  • Automated reports
  • Reduced copy/paste work
03

Move Beyond the Spreadsheet

When the business needs something closer to software.

  • User login and permissions
  • Database-backed records
  • Quote history
  • Role-based workflows
  • Admin dashboards
  • Multi-user data entry

Not sure which path fits your workflow? Start with a diagnostic audit.

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ESTIMATORS & QUOTING TOOLS

Bid estimators are where spreadsheet problems get expensive.

If your business uses Excel or Google Sheets to estimate, quote, price, or bid work, that file directly affects revenue, margin, speed, and trust. When pricing logic gets buried in formulas or different people start using different versions, the risk is no longer just technical — it is operational and financial.

Common estimator problems I help fix

  • Pricing formulas are hard to understand.
  • Cost tables are difficult to update safely.
  • Sales reps or estimators use different file versions.
  • Margin rules are buried, inconsistent, or manually overridden.
  • Quote outputs are inconsistent or too manual.
  • Product options, labor, freight, or assemblies are hard to maintain.
  • The owner or lead estimator is the only one who knows how it works.
  • The business does not know whether to clean up the file, automate it, or rebuild it as an app.

Common fits

  • Commercial interiors
  • Building materials
  • Custom windows and doors
  • Custom home builders
  • Mattress wholesalers
  • Cabinetry and millwork
  • Flooring, tile, and countertop providers
  • Specialty contractors
  • Configurable product or service businesses

If your estimator has become too important to keep patching, start with a focused audit.

EXAMPLE WORK

Real tools, workflows, and diagnostics built around business-critical spreadsheets.

A few examples of the kinds of systems I help diagnose, repair, automate, or rebuild — from complex Excel workbooks and bid estimators to dashboards, AI-assisted workflows, and lightweight internal apps.

Excel Diagnostic Pricing Logic Migration Plan

Excel System Diagnostic & Migration Plan

Reviewed a business-critical Excel workbook with complex pricing, inventory, vendor cost, tariff, landed cost, and proposal logic. Delivered a clear diagnostic and modernization roadmap before implementation.

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Estimating Quoting Google Sheets Excel

Bid Estimators & Quoting Tools

Built and enhanced Excel and Google Sheets estimators for businesses that need reliable pricing, margin control, quote generation, and product or service configuration.

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Dashboards KPIs Field Service

HVAC / Field Service Scorecards

Created reporting concepts and scorecard tools to help service businesses understand technician performance, revenue contribution, operational trends, and coaching opportunities.

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Google Sheets CRM Workflow Tool Operations

Google Sheets CRM / Workflow Tool

Built a lightweight Google Sheets-based CRM/workflow tool to organize contacts, activity, pipeline-style tracking, and operational follow-up inside a familiar spreadsheet environment.

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AI Workflow Sales Ops Internal Tool

AI Sales Workflow Assistant

Built a lightweight AI-assisted tool that turns sales calls, meeting notes, and email threads into structured summaries, action items, buying signals, and follow-up recommendations.

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AI Analysis Account Health Workflow Tool

Account Health Score Analyzer

Built an AI-assisted account review tool that analyzes customer and account information and returns a health score, risk indicators, summary insights, and recommended next actions.

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Web Apps Auth Database Dashboards

Lightweight Internal Apps

Built database-backed web app workflows with user authentication, permissions, dashboards, and structured data entry for businesses that have outgrown spreadsheet-only workflows.

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Know a business owner who lives inside a spreadsheet?

I'm a good fit for businesses that rely on Excel or Google Sheets for estimating, quoting, pricing, reporting, tracking jobs, or running internal workflows — especially when the file has become hard to maintain, hard to share, or too important to risk breaking.

Best referrals

  • Businesses using Excel or Google Sheets for bid estimating or quoting
  • Commercial interiors, building materials, custom home builders, custom windows and doors, cabinetry, millwork, or specialty trades
  • Teams manually copying data between spreadsheets or reports
  • Owners with one "monster spreadsheet" only one person understands
  • Companies that need dashboards, scorecards, reporting tools, or lightweight internal apps
  • Businesses that have outgrown a spreadsheet but are not ready for expensive enterprise software

Easy way to explain what I do

Todd helps businesses fix and modernize the Excel and Google Sheets tools they rely on — especially bid estimators, quoting tools, dashboards, and internal workflow systems. If a company has a spreadsheet that runs part of the business but has become hard to maintain, automate, or share across a team, that is exactly the kind of problem he works on.

Example tools, systems, and workflow builds.

A broader look at tools and systems I've built or prototyped — with the strongest emphasis on spreadsheet workflows, dashboards, AI-assisted tools, and lightweight internal apps.

Dashboards & Scorecards

Performance reporting tools that help businesses see revenue, operations, activity, and KPI trends more clearly.

Dashboard · KPI Reporting

Medical Practice Operational Dashboard

Built a real-time operational KPI dashboard that helps medical practice leadership see scheduling efficiency, revenue contribution, and patient flow trends across locations and time periods.

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Lightweight Internal Apps

Web-based tools with structured data entry, dashboards, user flows, and app-like workflows for businesses outgrowing spreadsheet-only systems.

Web App · Workflow Management

MaestroFlo: Instructor Workflow & Billing System

Built a comprehensive workflow management app covering student records, scheduling, lesson tracking, assignment management, progress notes, and billing automation — keeping independent instructors organized without spreadsheets.

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Web App · Interview Workflow

PrepFlo: Structured Interview Workflow Tool

Built a lightweight web app that streamlines interview preparation workflows — structured data entry, progress tracking, assessment tools, and user flows that replace manual spreadsheet tracking.

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I help businesses know when the spreadsheet is no longer enough.

My background is in Excel automation, Google Sheets workflow design, data analysis, and lightweight internal app development. For more than a decade, I've helped businesses build, repair, and modernize the tools they rely on to price work, create bids, track operations, report performance, and make decisions.

A lot of my work starts with a familiar problem: an Excel workbook or Google Sheet that began as a simple estimator, tracker, report, or calculator has quietly become mission-critical. More people need access. Pricing rules get more complex. Reports take too long. The file becomes fragile. Eventually, the business starts expecting the spreadsheet to behave like a database or multi-user software app.

That is where I help.

I diagnose the workflow, identify what is broken or risky, and recommend the right next step — whether that means cleaning up the spreadsheet, migrating to Google Sheets, adding Apps Script or VBA automation, building dashboards, adding AI-assisted workflows, or replacing the spreadsheet with a lightweight web app.

My specialty is not Excel for Excel's sake. It is helping businesses turn fragile spreadsheet-based workflows into systems they can trust.

Todd Brannon, independent consultant

Have a spreadsheet your business depends on?

Tell me what the tool does, what is breaking, and what you wish it could do. I'll let you know whether it should be cleaned up, automated, migrated, or rebuilt.

Good fits include: bid estimators, quoting tools, dashboards, recurring reports, Google Sheets workflows, Excel/VBA tools, Apps Script automation, and spreadsheet-based processes that have become too manual, fragile, or important to keep patching.

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