We’re excited to share that phData has been named Fivetran’s 2026 Americas Consulting Partner of the Year, marking our fifth consecutive year receiving this award.
In a market where data platforms, tools, and buzzwords change fast, maintaining this level of recognition for half a decade is rare. This award is a testament to the consistency of our joint execution with Fivetran, the complexity of the problems we’re solving together, and the measurable impact our customers are seeing across the Americas.
In this post, you’ll see what’s behind the five-year streak, how our partnership with Fivetran is powering AI-ready data foundations, and where we’re focused next.
Why This Award Matters
Fivetran’s Americas Consulting Partner of the Year award recognizes partners that go beyond basic implementation and build architectures, patterns, and solutions that help customers move from siloed systems and brittle pipelines to modern, automated, and governed data foundations.
For phData, this year’s recognition speaks to:
Depth of collaboration with Fivetran across product, go-to-market, and delivery
Complex, ERP-heavy, and industry-specific use cases that go far beyond “simple pipeline setup.”
Customer outcomes that are tangible: faster time to insight, reduced manual reporting, and a clearer path to production AI
Earning this award for the fifth year in a row reinforces that our collaboration with Fivetran is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do: turn complex enterprise systems into reliable, AI-ready data foundations. When customers want to plug real workloads and agents into their data platforms, they don’t have time for experiments. They need patterns that work and scale from day one.
From Modern Data Stack to Enterprise Intelligence
In 2025, much of the conversation centered on the Modern Data Stack, enabling data to be extracted from legacy systems and loaded into cloud warehouses quickly and reliably.
In 2026, our joint focus with Fivetran is on the Intelligence Platform:
AI-ready data the moment it lands
Governed, near-real-time pipelines that can power LLMs, RAG systems, and AI agents
Business users interacting with data via natural language, not tickets and static dashboards
Every enterprise wants AI in production. The real bottleneck is rarely the model; it’s the data plumbing: fragmented ERP systems, inconsistent schemas, and manual reporting workflows. That’s where the phData/Fivetran combination has been especially powerful.
What’s Powering the phData + Fivetran Partnership in 2026
Our 2026 award isn’t just about volume of pipelines or logos. It’s about the toughest problems our joint teams are tackling for customers.
1. Finally Cracking the ERP Code
ERP platforms like SAP and Oracle Fusion have long been the “final frontier” for data modernization: complex schemas, performance constraints, and high risk if something goes wrong.
With Fivetran’s automated pipelines and phData’s pre-built ERP and Order-to-Cash dbt models, we’re helping customers:
Move from manual, spreadsheet-driven reporting to governed ERP data marts in weeks, not months
Standardize core metrics like order cycle time, inventory turns, and cash conversion
Avoid “one-off” ERP integrations by standing up repeatable blueprints that can be reused across business units and regions
The result: faster visibility into what’s happening across the business, with a foundation purpose-built for AI workloads.
2. Building a Real Foundation for AI
AI is only as strong as the data that feeds it.
Over the last year, our teams have focused on optimizing high-volume data movement from Fivetran into modern storage formats and cloud platforms like Apache Iceberg on Snowflake and AWS. That work means:
Data lands in AI-ready, analytics-ready formats with clear governance and lineage
LLMs and RAG systems can tap into fresh, trustworthy data, not stale exports or ad hoc extracts
Engineering teams can scale from one AI use case to many without rebuilding pipelines from scratch
Whether it’s a procurement agent, a customer support copilot, or an operations forecast, Fivetran + phData is increasingly the data backbone behind those applications.
3. Turning Dashboards into Action with AI Agents
The era of static dashboards is fading.
Our customers want systems that can answer questions and recommend actions, not just show charts. Building on the data that Fivetran delivers, phData is:
Deploying AI agents that sit directly on top of cloud data platforms
Allowing business users to ask questions in plain English and get real-time, contextual answers
Automating common workflows, from updating forecasts to flagging anomalies in supply chain metrics
By pairing Fivetran’s reliable ingestion with our agentic architectures and governance patterns, organizations can move from “reporting” to continuous decisioning.
Seeing It in Action: A Global Manufacturing Win
One of our favorite examples from 2025 involved a global industrial manufacturer struggling to get reliable visibility into their Oracle Fusion data.
The Challenge
Reporting was manual, slow, and fragmented. Teams had little visibility into order cycle times, leading to cash flow bottlenecks and reactive decision-making.
The Approach
phData and Fivetran stood up a joint Intelligence Platform:
- Fivetran connectors automate the extraction from Oracle Fusion
- phData designed curated ERP data marts and models focused on Order-to-Cash
- Data was landed in a modern cloud platform, governed and ready for analytics and AI
The Outcome
Within 90 days, the customer achieved:
- 60% reduction in manual reporting effort
- A single, trusted view of order performance across plants and regions
- A clear runway to layer on AI-powered analytics that can flag issues before they impact customers or cash
This is exactly the type of pattern we’ll be scaling with Fivetran across manufacturing, financial services, retail, and more in 2026.
Proven Partnership, Growing Momentum
phData’s relationship with Fivetran is built on shared priorities:
Customer success first – We design architectures and engagement models that leave teams enabled, not dependent.
Deep technical alignment – From hybrid and ERP connectors to dbt and cloud-native patterns, our engineers collaborate closely with Fivetran’s product and field teams.
Thought leadership and enablement – Together, we invest heavily in content, webinars, and joint assets that demystify real-world use cases and best practices for the modern data stack and AI.
If you’d like to see more of what this looks like in practice, explore some of our Fivetran-focused resources:
Case studies on ERP, banking, and migration projects
Blogs on Fivetran best practices and architectural patterns
Ready to Start Your 2026 with Intelligence?
As we celebrate this five-year milestone with Fivetran, our goal remains the same: to take the “scary” out of data modernization and make AI-ready architectures achievable for real-world teams.
Whether you’re:
Scaling AI initiatives beyond pilots
Moving off a legacy ERP or on-prem system
Or simply trying to build a more resilient, automated data foundation
phData and Fivetran are here to help you get there faster, with less risk and more confidence.
Don’t let a legacy data stack hold back your 2026 roadmap.
Contact us to learn how our partnership with Fivetran can accelerate your journey from raw data to measurable business impact.
