Business Intelligence Companies & Consultants in Reston, VA

Qlarion is a data analytics and business intelligence consultancy based in Reston, Virginia. It works only with the public sector. Its clients are government organizations at the state, local and federal levels that want to build data into how they make decisions, run programs and serve residents. Its stated aim is to help agencies innovate by using analytics, since many struggle to change long-established ways of working.

Core Capabilities

The firm groups its work into three main practice areas, all aimed at helping agencies get more value from the information they already hold:

• Enterprise Data Management: planning, building and tuning data programs tied to an agency's mission
• Business Intelligence & Analytics: a repeatable method for creating analytics programs that can be built quickly, piloted and then expanded
• Cross-Agency Data Sharing: secure, cloud-hosted platforms that scale and let separate departments pool and work with shared data

Qlarion also says it has hands-on experience adapting the major commercial business intelligence platforms to each client's needs. That covers the full chain, from organizing data to building the dashboards and reports that managers use. For buyers, this means the firm configures and extends existing tools rather than pushing a single proprietary package.

Public Health and Social Challenges

Some of Qlarion's best-known projects tackle major public health problems. To help fight the opioid crisis, it built a secure environment that pulls records out of separate agency systems so different parts of government can analyze them together and coordinate their response. Trade press links this work to a project with the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The company later created a COVID-19 analytics framework. It is meant to help agencies limit the spread of the virus and be better prepared for future health emergencies. Both projects show its focus on applied, mission-driven analytics rather than reporting for its own sake.

Background and Recognition

Industry databases list the company's founding year as 2010. A 2021 press release says it uses an innovation framework called Imagine when working with clients. In May 2021 Qlarion was bought by GCOM, a government technology provider later renamed Voyatek. Its analytics skills became part of that larger group's offerings for government. The firm's home page highlights several honors, including a NASCIO State IT Award, a place on the NVTC Tech 100 list and an Excellence in Virginia Government Award.

Beyond client projects, Qlarion runs a community for public servants interested in data-driven government. Members are offered private events, webinars and research from people working in the field. Agencies comparing business intelligence partners may find Qlarion a good fit if they want a government-only focus, experience with data sharing between agencies, and a track record of turning analytics programs into working results.