Sustainability

SavATree & Push.ai - Cutting Complexity to Generate Growth

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SavATree's data team, led by Director of Business Intelligence Ryan Nicholas, transformed its data culture by integrating Push.ai. Despite being a one-person data team, Ryan utilized Push.ai to provide personalized insights across all management levels, from branch managers to the C-Suite. This integration improved performance management, strategic decision-making, and operational efficiency, enabling SavATree to leverage data effectively throughout their national organization.

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Introduction

SavATree, a premier provider of professional tree, shrub, and lawn care services, has built a reputation for excellence and environmental sustainability. Under the guidance of Ryan Nicholas, Director of Business Intelligence, SavATree leveraged Push.ai to scale their data usage across a large national organization, enhancing data accessibility and driving business value at every level.

Company Background

SavATree, founded in 1978, has grown into a leading provider of comprehensive tree and lawn care services. With a strong commitment to environmental sustainability, SavATree offers a range of services including tree pruning, disease treatment, organic care, and landscape consulting. Their operations span numerous states across the U.S., serving residential, commercial, and municipal clients.

Challenges

Before Push.ai, SavATree faced three core challenges:

  • Scaling data across a national organization
    Traditional dashboards could not meet the diverse needs of dozens of branches and management layers.
  • Providing personalized insights to different management levels
    One-size-fits-all dashboards resulted in limited adoption and low operational precision.
  • Giving the C-Suite actionable, comprehensive visibility
    Executives lacked clear signals around performance gaps, opportunities, and areas requiring intervention.

These challenges impeded SavATree’s ability to leverage data effectively for decision-making and operational optimization.

Solution

SavATree integrated Push.ai to transform the way data flows through the organization.

  • Scaling Data Usage Organization-Wide
    Push.ai expanded insight delivery to branch managers, district managers, regional VPs, and executives—each receiving tailored, relevant analysis.
  • Delivering Personalized, Context-Aware Insights
    Push.ai built rich, focused updates for every management layer, enabling more efficient performance management.
  • Providing Executive-Level Views With Clear Root-Cause Understanding
    C-Suite leaders gained unified, actionable visibility across regions, enabling strategic interventions faster.

Ryan explains:

Push.ai acts as an extension of our data team, performing tasks that would typically require a large number of analysts

Key Results

  • Scaled Data Culture Across the Organization
    Hundreds of employees now engage with data daily without requiring deep BI expertise.
  • Faster, More Targeted Insight Discovery
    Push.ai surfaced root causes, trends, and anomalies without hours of SQL, analysis, or dashboard digging.
  • Stronger Performance Management
    Tailored updates empowered managers to course-correct quickly and confidently.
  • Simplified Executive Decision-Making
    Executives gained a national-level view of performance, enabling strategic prioritization and financial improvement.

Implementation

When Ryan joined SavATree, the company had only a few legacy dashboards. His plan: rebuild the data stack and introduce modern practices powered by Snowflake, dbt Cloud, and scalable governance. Push.ai became the layer that brought AI-driven analysis to everyone.ъ

Despite being a single-person data team, Ryan was able to:

  • Implement a modern, governed data stack
  • Introduce Push.ai as an AI extension of the BI function
  • Deliver personalized insights at scale
  • Prioritize high-value analysis over manual reporting
  • Expand executive visibility across performance drivers

Push.ai enabled Ryan to operate like a full BI team—without the headcount.

Business Outcomes

The integration of Push.ai led to several significant business outcomes for SavATree:

  • Scaled Data Culture Across the Organization
    Hundreds of employees now engage with data daily without requiring deep BI expertise.
  • Faster, More Targeted Insight Discovery
    Push.ai surfaced root causes, trends, and anomalies without hours of SQL, analysis, or dashboard digging.
  • Stronger Performance Management
    Tailored updates empowered managers to course-correct quickly and confidently.
  • Simplified Executive Decision-Making
    Executives gained a national-level view of performance, enabling strategic prioritization and financial improvement.

Through Push.ai, SavATree successfully enhanced its data capabilities, driving significant improvements in performance management and strategic decision-making. This partnership empowered SavATree to maintain its competitive edge and continue delivering exceptional service to its clients.

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Ryan Nicholas

Director of Business Intelligence, Implementation Lead

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Environmental Services

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