Your Team's Data Skills Are Your Competitive Edge

Custom Excel and Power BI training designed around your company's real data, workflows, and challenges. Not generic slides, but practical skills your team can use the next day.

Ivars Krampis-Vanags, corporate training instructor
200+ Companies trained across Latvia & beyond

Sound Familiar?

These are the issues we hear from HR managers and team leads every week, and exactly what our training solves.

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Hours Lost to Manual Work

Your team spends too much time copying data between spreadsheets, formatting reports, and doing things Excel could automate.

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Reports Nobody Trusts

Different team members produce different numbers from the same data. No one is confident the reports are accurate.

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Inconsistent Skill Levels

Some people know shortcuts and formulas, others struggle with basics. There's no shared standard for how the team works with data.

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Tools Sitting Unused

You're paying for Power BI licenses but nobody knows how to build a dashboard. The potential is there. The skills aren't.

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Knowledge Leaves With People

When an experienced colleague leaves, their spreadsheets and processes become black boxes nobody can maintain.

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Generic Training Doesn't Stick

Your team has been to courses before but went back to old habits within a week. The training wasn't connected to their actual work.

How we work with corporate clients

How Corporate Training Works

A short overview of how we scope, design, and deliver training programmes that actually change how your team works with data.

  • How we assess your team's current skill level
  • Adapting curriculum to your industry and data
  • What a typical training day looks like
  • Post-training support and follow-up

Training Formats

Every engagement is tailored. Choose the format that fits your team's schedule, location, and learning goals.

Online

Live Masterclass

Focused deep-dive sessions on specific topics. Ideal for introducing a skill set or solving a targeted challenge across a larger team.

1.5-3 hours Any team size Excel or Power BI
On-Site

One-Day Intensive

A full day of hands-on training at your office. Covers Excel fundamentals or Power BI introduction, with practice exercises using real scenarios.

Full day 8-20 participants In-person
On-Site

Two-Day Programme

In-depth Power BI or advanced Excel training. Can incorporate your company's own data sets as part of the learning materials for maximum relevance.

2 days 8-20 participants Your data welcome
Hybrid

Training Series

A structured programme of 3-4 sessions over several weeks. Gives teams time to practice between sessions and build skills progressively.

3-4 × 3 hours Online or on-site Spaced learning
On-Site

Custom Programme

Fully adapted training built around your team's specific data, tools, and workflows. We assess needs first and design the curriculum together.

1-2 days Tailored content Needs assessment
Online

Expert Consulting

One-on-one or small group sessions for specific challenges: formula debugging, dashboard review, data model optimization, or workflow design.

2 hours 1-5 people Problem-solving

From Inquiry to Impact in 4 Steps

1

Submit Your Inquiry

Tell us about your team, goals, and preferred format. Use the form below or email us directly.

2

We Scope It Together

Within 2 business days we'll respond with options. We'll discuss content, format, and schedule to find the right fit.

3

Tailored Programme

We build the curriculum around your team's actual needs, with your data if you'd like, and send a clear proposal.

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Training & Follow-Up

Your team trains with practical exercises. After the session, they receive materials and support to keep building on what they learned.

Real Engagements, Real Outcomes

A few examples from recent corporate training and consulting projects.

Tietoevry Latvia
IT Services · Nordic Enterprise
Engagement

4-session Excel training series for 13 employees, delivered online in English over several weeks.

Topics Covered

Excel essentials, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, PivotTables, dynamic arrays, and dashboard thinking.

Result

Team progressed from manual spreadsheet use to dynamic, flexible data analysis. Recommended as "a reliable and competent training partner."

Excel English Online Series
E.R.B. RAIL / Rail Baltica
Infrastructure · International Project
Engagement

2-day in-person Power BI course for 9 team members, delivered in English at their offices.

Topics Covered

Data acquisition, transformation, DAX formulas, visualization, dashboards, and Power BI cloud publishing.

Result

Participants praised the clear explanations and practical examples adapted to their knowledge level. Delivered on time and to a high standard.

Power BI English On-Site 2-Day
Compensa Vienna Insurance Group
Insurance · Central European Group
Engagement

5 training sessions across two groups over 10 months, combining in-person and online formats.

Topics Covered

Excel functions and shortcuts, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, PivotTable analysis, data visualization and chart automation.

Result

Boosted employee productivity and Excel confidence. Compensa considers Excel Know How "a long-term partner we can rely on."

Excel Hybrid Long-Term

200+ Companies Have Chosen Us

From Nordic enterprises to Baltic market leaders and public institutions.

We have run Excel data processing workshops for teams at Atea, LMT and Rail Baltica. Staff from Rimi, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga City Council, Grindeks and Swedbank have taken our Excel fundamentals and advanced training, and specialists from the State Audit Office, AAS Balta, Maxima and LMT our Power BI training. We have built Power BI analytics solutions for Auto Asociācija, ACA Timber, Caljan LSEZ, Mobilly, and the Latvian and Lithuanian research councils. We help BTA, Sirowa and Baader Systems with consulting, data models and automation.

Many clients combine several services, because the goal is always the same: clarity in their data, stronger skills in their own team, and better data maturity and literacy across the organization.

Group Course Licenses

Equip your team with self-paced online courses alongside live training. Purchase multiple licenses at volume discounts, with flexible activation.

  • Volume discounts on multiple licenses
  • One invoice for all seats
  • 12 months to activate: each seat gets full access from activation
  • Team progress tracking for larger groups
  • Combine with live sessions for a blended approach
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Available Courses

Each course includes video lessons, practice files, and a completion certificate.

1
Excel Fundamentals: 110 lessons · 8 hours
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Excel Power: Power Query & Power Pivot
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Power BI Basics: Dashboards & Visualization
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Power BI Advanced: DAX, Models & Cloud
Ivars Krampis-Vanags
Riga Latvia-based instructor

Ivars Krampis-Vanags

Data analytics instructor and BI consultant with over 25 years in Excel and 10 years in Power BI. I've trained professionals at 200+ companies, from insurance firms and banks to government agencies and international infrastructure projects.

Every corporate programme I deliver is built around the team's actual work. I use your data, your scenarios, and your challenges as the foundation, because generic examples don't change how people work on Monday morning.

25+ Years in Excel 10+ Years in Power BI 3,500+ Professionals Trained 200+ Companies Served Delivers in EN & LV
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Request a Consultation

Looking for a partner to train your team in Excel or Power BI, or does your team need help with its data? Fill in the form and we will get back to you within 2 business days.

What Are You Interested In? (choose any)

For training, a rough group size and level help; for projects, a short description of the task.

We reply within 2 business days.

Training and Projects

Inquiries and proposals are handled by Ivars Krampis-Vanags, Founder & Lead Consultant.
ask@excelknowhow.com
+371 26517774

We reply within 2 business days

What Working With Us Includes

Training

  • Needs assessment and skills audit
  • Excel, Power BI and AI tools
  • A tailored programme built on your data
  • On-site, remote or combined, on a schedule that suits your team
  • Online courses for the team, with progress reports
  • Support and materials after the training

Alongside Training

  • Power BI dashboards and data models
  • Excel and data automation
  • Consulting and help with specific tasks

Invest in Your Team's Data Skills

The companies that make better decisions are the ones whose people know how to work with data. Let's build that capability together.

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