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Data Collaborative

Data Collaborative is a full service Quickbase Solutions Provider (QSP).  We provide business transformation consulting and technical implementation services for Quickbase and the full array of supporting technologies to support automation and complex integration needs.
In 2021, Quickbase selected Data Collaborative as one of four preferred services providers for sub-contracted Quickbase services.
In 2022, Data Collaborative was awarded "Elite" partner status – the highest partner tier awarded by Quickbase to their QSP partners.  Data Collaborative is one of only four QSP's acknowledged for excellence in service delivery by Quickbase with the "Elite" status designation.
We have 280 active customers. In addition to being one of the largest QSP's, we also bring a proven tenure of 20+ years of consulting and development experience. Our staff have an average tenure of 10+ years working with Quickbase.
Our success has made us the most awarded Quickbase Service provider and is why we are relied on by some of the largest organizations in the world including household names like Procter and Gamble, Pepsi, MIT, Harvard, Micron, and ATT.

Business Skills

  • Application Development
  • Business Process Analysis
  • Integration with other Software
  • Training
  • Technical Support

Technical Skills

  • CSS
  • HTML
  • Java
  • Javascript
  • PHP

Average Customer Rating

(84 Ratings)
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Anne is great partner!

We've worked with Anne for a number of years, and appreciate her responsiveness to our needs. In addition to a well-functioning sytstem, it was important to our team to have a mutually agreed upon workplan, clear documentation and prompt communation. Anne has delivered on all those fronts. She has b...


Lucia R.

KI&E

April 15, 2024

Reid is a Wizard!

Reid was very responsive and practice great communication. We were able to resolve a matter within a very short amount of time! Great work!


Tracy Nguyen

Harland Clarke

September 29, 2020

Great Company to Work With

I have been working with Dan at Data Collaborative for year. He is knowledgable, professional and a pleasure to work with. Data Collaborative created our platform from the beginning and they continue to help us with any updates we need.


Jamie Kirsch

Specialdocs Consultants

May 11, 2020

Excellent Customer Service!

We worked with Data Collaborative - and specifically Josh Shortlidge - for three months during our Quick Start campaign. Josh was incredibly knowledgeable and was able to quickly answer all of our questions as we worked to stand up a custom service desk solution. As we continued on with the project,...


Michael A McLitus

Edwards Lifesciences

March 6, 2020

Data Collaborative

It has been a pleasure working with Eric Segal. He responds to our questions on time, tries to understand what end user is looking for and explains the process clearly and throughly.


Sumita Roy

UNUM Therapeutics

December 10, 2019

Taury

Taury from Data Collaborative was absolutely the best. Patient, able to make changes on the fly, personable, she helped Home Base get up and running. We love her,she is awesome.


Missy Long

Home Base Collaborative Family Counseling

September 21, 2019

Working smarter and more collaboratively

When I moved into my current role with McDonald's it was immediately obvious that we had some opportunities to work more effectively and collaboratively for the major initiatives that required my immediate oversight. We had a very manual process, mostly Word and Excel, for tracking milestone complet...


Jeff Walker

McDonald's Canada

August 7, 2019

Cost Analyst

The documents Data Collaborative created for our Quick Base database have made an incredible difference in our accounting processes! If an issue arises with previously created forms due to coding, server statuses and/or expired PHP syntax; Data Collaborative, more specifically, Lisa Sullivan, Dire...


Trish Jeffrey

Haverfield Aviation

July 9, 2019

Professional, reliable service

It's been a pleasure working with Data Collaborative and especially Gene. They were timely with the delivery of our project and responsive to our aggressive timeline and evolving scope of work. The scoping process was straight forward. The DC team comprehended our project well, citing prior experi...


Lauren Primiano

Cardax

January 24, 2019

Software Developer

Everyone on the team was pleasant to work with. Steve Wishengrad was great, he picked up very quickly what our business needs were and was able to translate our business needs into clear documentation that gave us the confidence to proceed with the project. Tristian the lead developer was extremely...


Zvi Bock

LTC Consulting Services

January 26, 2018

Data Collaborative - Electronics Signature

I recently worked with the team at Data Collaborative to integrate an e-signature into my app. It was a great experience and their product is top notch. I would recommend their products over others simply because they have a one time purchase model and their product works flawlessly.


Tyson Broyles

ETR

November 17, 2017

Younia Kowal is an Amazing Quickbase and App Developer

We have been working with Younia Kowal from Data Collaborative since 2016, and she has built an incredibly sophisticated and elegant tool set that is core to our procurement business. She has accomplished all this while also making the tool and data management systems accessible across our entire t...


Sam Ramirez

Black Bear Energy

July 13, 2017

M&A Database

Data Collaborative helped us develop a database to track high priority regulatory items during a large business integration. Eric and his team delivered on a short timeline and the product met all expectations. I highly recommend Data Collaborative for Quickbase development.


Brian DeWitt

Abbott Laboratories

May 26, 2017

Smart, responsive help.

I've only worked with Steve for a short amount of time, but he knows Quickbase well and took time to understand our goals so he could make efficient recommendations. He was a great communicator, too.


Erin

February 2, 2017

Awesome Signature Capture!

The Data Collaborative provided our non-profit with an Electronic Signature Capture in our QuickBase Application. We can now replace cumbersome paper forms for our on-site inspections with a simple QuickBase form and have the point of contact sign off right on the screen! The team at The Data Coll...


Blake

CBS Food Program

June 29, 2016

Younia Kowal

I had the honor to work with Younia Kowal from the Data Collaborative in a project that initially started in our Customer Service Department and evolved into a complete operations system that includes employees, customers and contractors working in harmony. In 2014 we were forced to migrate our or...


Carlos Andrade

Minnesota Language Connection

May 12, 2015

An upgrade to our previous partner

Data Collaborative came in to fix some custom pages that we use to aggregate and display data. They were able to fix several long standing problems that the last partner could not as well as add additional functionality in a more flexible way.


Andrew Weiman

Bresslergroup

March 25, 2015

Great Work

I had a custom module in Quick Base that broke after the upgrade, and these guys got it working quickly. Actually, they got it working they way it should have without having to even use a custom module.They really know their stuff!!!


Michael Toth

Midwest Trial Services

June 25, 2014

Successful Transition from WebOffice to Quick Base!

Data Collaborative made our transition from our existing Webex Weboffice to Quick Base a total breeze! Our programmer, Anne Murray, analyzed our existing Weboffice system and rebuilt it in Quick Base (and transferred the data) quickly with very little instruction. We were up and running in a few da...


Michael Reilly

Reilly Realtors, LLC

January 21, 2014

Great Partnership

3 years ago, our Engineering division was growing fast. The business was being managed with Excel spreadsheets and various outdated databases. We had to do something quickly. I had no experience with Quick Base, or any other database for that matter, and I knew I needed expert help to do it right....


Debbie McKenzie

Netricom

December 5, 2013

Excellent Partnership

We signed on with Data Collaborative by accident. Our company was in the process of investigating Quick Base as a viable replacement to an old Access database when the Access database crashed. We were not quite ready to launch Quick Base for the entire company, but had no choice. We investigated...


Joan Stefan

Lifestone By Stefan

November 5, 2013

Great partner! Very collaborative!

We worked with Data Collaborative and more specifically, Steve Wishengrad, to automate a custom report out of one of our Quick Base apps into a formatted word doc. It was complex due to the format and the fact that we have to operate in many different languages including Chinese and Japanese for whi...


Stephanie Galloway

Harvard Business School

January 9, 2013

Data Collaborative provides excellent Quick Base Consulting

My experience working with the Data Collaborative in Arlington, Massachusetts, has been extremely positive. I needed assistance with enhancements to one of our custom-built applications that required Javascript code. Eric Segal, President of the Data Collaborative, personally created the necessary t...


Sandra Kimball

November 7, 2012

Review of Working with Data Collaborative

We have been using Data Collaborative for over three years and they have been extremely helpful in totally reworking our original Quick Base solution. They made it much more efficient by adding in the ability to assign tasks, add documents and message to appropriate contacts. It hs been a very helpf...


Betsy Cridlin

April 13, 2012

Highly Recommend The Data Collaborative

I have been working with Data Collaborative for 16 months now and have always found them to be professional, timely responsive, and easy to work with. I can generally get a email response or returned phone call within a couple of hours and always within a 24 hour period. With any issues, a screensho...


Chad Jaros

April 5, 2012

Review of Data Collaborative

I have had a very positive experience working with Steve Wishengrad and the Data Collaborative team. Their flexible engagement model allows for an approach that enables their clients to work with them throughout the development phase which empowers their clients to learn new things about Quick Base...


Brenda Glasser

April 5, 2012

Disappointing Experience and Poor Communication

Our experience with Data Collaborative was extremely disappointing. There were a number of issues in our partnership that centered around a lack of communication, professionalism, support, concerning charges, and reliability. We had one support team member who came to meetings unprepared. She refuse...


Anjali V

WCCHD

March 21, 2024

Taury at The Data Collaborative Inc. is AMAZING!!

I have used Taury Anderson two years in a row to assist with a small QuickBase development project. She is super quick and has fantastic customer service. I have enjoyed working with her and The Data Collaborative Inc. for my QuickBase needs. I would highly recommend!


Ashley Cornelison

Georgia Research Alliance

July 7, 2020

Data Collaborative is a great partner for customizing your database

I've worked with Data Collaborative several times to customize and enhance our organizational database. The entire team is a pleasure to work with and really take the extra step to help you understand and maximize the system for your organizations' needs.


Sarah

Columbia World Projects

April 30, 2020

Outstanding and very responsive service

We have used the Data Collaborative for many years to develop applications that require expertise beyond our in-house knowledge base. They understand our requirements and are innovative in their approach to make sure the applications function smoothly and efficiently. Their support after the projec...


Dennis

Promac

January 8, 2020

Extremely helpful and knowledgeable

I was put in touch with Anne Murray at Data Collaborative through Quickbase. I needed very specific automation's to be built into my Quickbase app. She was so knowledgeable and helpful! She took the time to understand the needs behind the request to help and brainstorm for the most efficient solutio...


Toby Worch

Skyline Capital

November 22, 2019

Excellent support services

Taury from Data Collaborative is skilled not only in the technical aspects her job, but also in communication and problem solving. She was very patient in making changes as we figured out what we wanted in our database, as we sometimes told her we wanted one thing and then realized that we had overl...


Brianna

Home Base Collaborative

September 20, 2019

Review of Data Collaborative

I own a large bridal retail business and Data Collaborative and Quick Base have been instrumental in its success. I use Quick Base to run various aspects of my business including HR, POS, Inventory Management and Appointment Scheduling. Data Collaborative has been with me from the start and provided...


Richard DeAngelo

Vows Bridal Outlet

July 24, 2019

Cost Analyst

Data Collaborative created two forms for us; 1 with electronic signatures for our Customers the other to produce on the spot billing sheets. Both have positively impacted our Accounting processes. Most appreciative, is the turn around time when we have a sudden problem due to server status or expi...


Trish Jeffrey

Haverfield Aviation

July 9, 2019

Outstanding Work!

With complex and, albeit quirky, CRM design requirement, the team at Data Collaborative (Lisa Sullivan, Dan Pettengill, and who can't leave out Reid Byers!) were OUTSTANDING in their professionalism, quick response, timely updates and most of all, patience with a tight deadline and lots of last minu...


Casie Masters

Brownlee-Morrow Company

March 7, 2018

Great Assistance with Quick Base

I highly recommend the Data Collaborative for assistance with the Quick Base platform. Eric took the time to first listen and get a true understanding of our corporate goals and database needs, and how we were using Quick Base to satisfy our objectives. He also took the time to allow me to show hi...


John Burke

McWilliams Ballard, Inc.

January 9, 2018

Great Support

When I first started using Quick Base, I was not sure how this transition to this new database would turn out. Not having any previous experience with it, I imagined that the learning curve would be incredibly steep, and a great source of annoyance. Thankfully, I discovered the one factor that truly...


Ranner Faugas

Boston Debate League

November 2, 2017

Younia Makes Database Development Fun!

Our office has had the great pleasure of working with Younia Kowal from Data Collaborative on several projects of varying size. She has helped us create solutions that have completely altered the way we do our work, giving us the ability to collect and communicate information across departments and...


Johanna Wilcox

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

June 30, 2017

Project resulted in time saved each day

Data Collaborative developed a routine for MedCerts that updates QuickBase records using a CSV file from a different database. This new routine has reduced this task from an average of 6 hours per day down to about 5 minutes per day. Our staff was over joyed.


Peggy Somers

MedCerts

April 20, 2017

Simply Perfect!

I can't say enough positive things about the entire team at Data Collaborative. They are smart. They are responsive. And they know Quickbase backwards and forwards. In over 5-years of working with them (often), I've yet to present a scenario they don't have a solution for. With over 30 apps used in...


Scott

October 12, 2016

Excellent Collaborators!

The road to implementing new software is not a straight line. We knew where we wanted to end up but we needed help getting there. Enter Data Collaborative. They listened to what was not working for us in our previous CRM software and worked tirelessly to ensure that our new database would be functio...


Katharine MacNevin

Historica Canada

June 17, 2016

Great Company & Developer

We had a wonderful experience working with Data Collaborative. They worked hard for us and were flexible to meet our crazy demands! Younia developed a product for us that works for our business and our customers who interact with the product. Thank you Data Collaborative for the great work and we hi...


Taylor T.

Santa Clara University

April 8, 2015

Wonderful and Supportive!

Data Collaborative was extremely helpful and accommodating from start to finish. They went above and beyond to make sure that we were getting what we needed out of our Quick Base app, including allowing me to watch and learn about everything that was being done under the "teach a man to fish" philo...


Samantha Lockhart

National Wildlife Federation

October 20, 2014

Highly Recommended

I can't say enough good things about our experience with Younia Kowal and the Data Collaborative team. We came to them in need of some above and beyond expertise in Quick Base because we hit a few road blocks with our database and couldn't seem to find a solution to the problems we were facing. Our...


Brian Hunt

ShannonLoren

June 9, 2014

Very Professional!

Supporting Strategies has been working with Data Collaborative since 2008 and it has been far beyond an amazing experience. Not only has everyone involved in our project (Steve Wishengrad especially) done an incredible job in developing everything to suit our needs their patience has far surpassed t...


Dee Sabelli

Supporting Strategies

January 11, 2014

Successful Partnership

Adopting Quick Base was a critical for our organization as demand for access to web-based database applications increased. Partnering with Data Collaborative has allowed us to provide our customers with a seamless web database experience. Their expertise on native and non-native solutions for Quick...


Frank

Institute for Community Inclusion - UMass Boston

December 3, 2013

Owner

Although we had many calls to explain what we were looking to accomplish very little was covered under the agreement. Soon after starting the project we were being asked for more money. correspondences were very condescending and brash. The project started as a month duration in which after the thir...


Ian Durant

Legacy Flooring LW LLC

October 5, 2013

Awesome Service

I needed PHP help and got four quotes. The other three companies wanted to create my needs into a big, expensive project. Eric at Data Collaborative understood exactly what I wanted and gave me quote that made sense. I was delighted when he was able to schedule the job for the next day. Brian Poole...


Mike Chatelain

ExecTech

December 11, 2012

Quick Base Solution Survey

As the Project Leader for my companies build out of our Explosive Detection Canine Training program and Intelligence Analyis center I have become very familiar with the Quick Base system. The program is a very good program that is user friendly and easy to elarn to use. Our experience with the prog...


Joseph Herald

April 13, 2012

Great Partner for Non-Profits

The Data Collaborative has been crucial to the development and implementation of Quick Base as a tool for data management, work flow, and program evaluation. Josh and other developers at Data Collaborative worked with our team from the beginning, helping conceptualize the architecture of the Quick B...


Nathan Hutto

April 13, 2012

Wonderful Customer Service, Knowledge and Turnaround Time

I am writing to say that everyone I have dealt with at The Data Collaborative has been wonderful. They have been able to work with us through several scopes of work and complete them all in a timely and efficient manner. Their ongoing support is nothing short of impeccable and I would highly recomme...


Brunella Belmonte

April 5, 2012

Excellent services provider

The Data Collaborative has been developing Quick Base application solutions for our company for the past 4 years and the company continues to exceed our expectations. Not only are they knowledgeable about Quick Base, but they are extremely skilled listeners and communicators, and take the time to t...


David Bozaan

April 5, 2012

Suboptimal Service & Poor Management

Data Collaborative's service left much to be desired. My project, part of an enablement package, was managed by a novice employee who struggled to apply Quickbase University learnings. Poor task management led to a flawed app, causing work redundancy across departments. When I voiced concerns, I fac...


Ryan Broderick

Hardware Essentials

June 13, 2023

Director of Computer Services

Our company was recently acquired, and so we have just moved off the QuickBase platform and onto another application platform. We used QuickBase for five years from 2015 to 2020 to run our whole Internet marketing agency with great success, and I can't recommend QuickBase enough. It is a great plat...


Michael W Barrow

Page 1 Solutions, LLC

May 18, 2020

Positive Experience with Data Collaborative - Highly Recommend!

Working with Eric at Data Collaborative has greatly increased the effectiveness of our QuickBase app. Eric does a wonderful job of taking our ideas and desired outcomes and creating the functionality within our app. He is always open to answering all of our questions and setting up time as questions...


DiAnna

Bright Health

March 9, 2020

Exceeding expectations

Having been a QuickBase user for over 10 years at a past business from 2004-2014, I decided to take a look at it for my latest manufacturing business. The demo with Quick Base went well and I signed up for a $6k/year package. Having been introduced to the team at Data Collaborative, I did not know w...


Mark Unterbach

Eagle Bay Enterprises, Inc

January 3, 2020

Excellent support service for database

Taury from Data Collaborative is skilled not only in the technical aspects her job, but also in communication and problem solving. She was very patient in making changes as we figured out what we wanted in our database, as we sometimes told her we wanted one thing and then realized that we had overl...


Brianna

Home Base Collaborative

September 23, 2019

I am SO HAPPY with Data Collaborative

I HIGHLY recommend Data Collaborative - I have worked with many and this team is the only one that has gotten it "right*. Choosing a developer is tough - but working with them can be even tougher. HOWEVER I don't have to worry about any of that ever since my first phone call. They really do things t...


illona agapova

Infinity Solar Systems

September 20, 2019

Projects Map

The assistance I received from Data Collaborative has been very helpful, responsive and professional -- resolving nearly all of my issues with our software needs.


Chelsea Segren

International College of Dentists

July 19, 2019

Building A Repository

Data Collaborative built a repository that enables our team to update project details and milestones daily. This tool is the starting point of a full project management solution that the team will utilize in the future. This same data prior was stored on excel spreadsheets and took hours to convert...


Jean Ann Bochenski

PepsiCo

June 26, 2019

Great team!

The team at Data Collaborative could not have been more helpful - I really felt that we were building the app in partnership. I would not hesitate to recommend them. Thank you Eric, Mabel, Lisa & team!


Laura Jennings

Fountain Partnership

February 15, 2018

Developed great additional functionality

Our forecasting application required our users to populate many months of volume and price data. Steve Wishengrad and his team created custom auto-fill in functionality where our users can now just enter the values that change and the auto-fill in populates the months in between. This saves us a gre...


Bruce Snyder

Versum Materials

November 17, 2017

Leaping into the cloud with Quickbase

In late 2011, Horizons for Homeless Children’s Playspace Program decided their database needs would best be served in the cloud. The department manages over 1200 volunteers in approximately 150 play programs in homeless shelters across Massachusetts; with oversight by 5 regional offices. Up unti...


Debra Vanderwerf

Horizons for Homeless Children

July 28, 2017

Research and Evaluation Assistant

The Data Collaborative has been extremely helpful to our organization since 2011. The Data Collaborative has helped Horizons with many functions. But there was one main function that I worked closely with the Data Collaborative to help construct. In the past, families and children were referred to o...


Ashley Metelus

Horizons for Homeless Children

June 22, 2017

Quality Work With Personal Care

Data Collaborative has been a wonderful partner with Horizons for Homeless Children since we created our first Quickbase App with them in 2010. The team is approachable, always reachable, and highly knowledeable. Josh Shortlidge takes time to get to know us on a personal level and make sure we fee...


Meghan Schafer

Horizons for Homeless Children

March 7, 2017

Data Collaborative Review

Data Collaborative has made such an enormous impact on our business as a whole. They have helped us grow by taking the already immensely versatile QuickBase and turning it into a pivotal part of our every day processes. Not just us, but many of the customers we deal with have benefited from the amaz...


Brian Hunt

ShannonLoren

August 1, 2016

Review for Younia Kowal, Database Developer

Younia has been wonderful to work with on our project, she is knowledgeable, hard-working, quick to respond to emails, efficient, and friendly. She explains things in a clear and concise manner, which enables me to do my job better. She is honest and trustworthy with the amount of hours she needs to...


Paige Webster

Santa Clara University

January 20, 2016

Wonderful Collaboration

Every step with Data Collaborative has been a wonderful experience. Lisa Sullivan, Account Manager and Younia Kowal, Designer provided an end product that will save time with our field personnel by creating a track-able PDF for our external customer. Younia was a joy to collaborate with on this pro...


Trish Jeffrey

Haverfield Aviation

April 2, 2015

Up and Running!

Data Collaborative helped us to convert a large spreadsheet into a working Quick Base application in a short period of time. They took time to understand our requirements and our current work process. Once the first pass app was created, they helped us to upgrade the app with scripts to automate r...


Steve Howard

August 25, 2014

Data Collaborative Feedback

Data Collaborative was very responsive in assisting us in developing our application. Being new to Quick Base, my contact Josh was very helpful in guiding me through the tool. I would definitely recommend to new users that they engage with a Quick Base expert prior to developing a application and wo...


Alan E Copeland

Boise State University

April 2, 2014

Great partner

We have been working with the folks at Data Collaborative for over five years. They are an integral part of our team. Steve, Tristin and the others we have worked with have an amazingly thorough knowledge of the Quick Base product, but also a great understanding of other platforms with which we so...


Jean Rollins

The C Three Group, LLC

January 9, 2014

Extremely satisfied

I have been working with Eric Segal from The Data Collaborative for the past two months and it has been a wonderful experience! He has been extremely knowledgeable regarding Quick Base and has delivered time and time again all my requests for a new database application. Working with The Data Collabo...


Office of International Education

Harvard University

November 26, 2013

Highly Recommend The Data Collaborative

I work at a small environmental non-profit that uses Quick Base for almost all of our administrative work and list management. This is my 4th year hiring the Data Collaborative to set up custom add ons for our Quick Base applications. The quality of work has been excellent. They have been able to...


Aaron M

Environmental Non-profit

September 6, 2013

Great Partner!

Avant has worked with Data Collaborative on several different projects, with excellent results. They do what they say, when they say, and charge what they say. Highly recommended!


Spence Lloyd

Avant Healthcare Professionals

November 27, 2012

Quickbase is Top Notch with Data Collaborative's assistance

Data Collaborative provides a solid foundation when it comes to their services. Their consultants instill confidence in their abilities as well as Quick Base. The work involved is handled as if it were their project. Ideas are implemented which ultimately saves our company time and money...and pro...


CG

April 13, 2012

Data Collaborative

My Experience to date with Data Collaborative is that they are exceptionally well suited to meeting my needs. From the initial assessment to assigning a well informed team, to responding to questions, I have never felt unattended nor unanswered. The work has been to point and review and adjustments...


Peter Finlayson

April 5, 2012

Effectively met our needs

We hired Data Collaborative to develop an online document management system for our financing program to help better meet the needs of our customers and program managers. The Data Collaborative was able to deliver a finished product to us within our required timeframe and at a very reasonable price...


Bruce Ehrlich

April 5, 2012