Dubai · Business analyst and builder

I turn messy operations into tools people use, and ideas into stories people share.

I started in reporting and ERP, and I still love a clean dashboard. Today I also build products with AI and write the stories that sell them, through my own brand, Tales & Gifts.

Richard Borde
What I do

Analytics and automation

Dashboards people check every morning, and automations that take the repetitive work off their desks.

Power BI · SQL · BigQuery · KNIME · Excel · n8n · UiPath · Python

Products built with AI

I design the product, then build it with AI coding tools: real pages, real users, live on the web.

Claude · Codex · Cloudflare · Vercel · Shopify · Payhip

Stories and content

Short stories, videos and artwork for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Pinterest.

Canva · ElevenLabs · ManyChat · AI image tools · Meta ads
Since 2023 · Founder

Tales & Gifts

A keepsake gift you can scan. A QR code on a sticker or card opens a private page of photos, a message and short stories chosen for the person receiving it. I run it on my own, from the idea to the product to the posts.

  • Designed the product and built the web platform myself with AI coding tools.
  • Built the parts people touch: gift links, photo albums, privacy settings and a guided first opening.
  • Added an events version for weddings and parties, with RSVPs, a guestbook, polls and shared albums.
  • Run the shop, pricing, printing partner and ads, and design every sticker collection.
Daily Grace sticker collection Blue Christmas sticker collection Rose Revelations sticker collection
Selected work

Problems I've solved for others

Power BI

An employee survey managers actually read

Moved a survey out of Google Forms into Power BI and tracked it across three rounds. Each manager sees only their own team.

KNIME

What sells together, for a UAE food group

Basket analysis showing which products are bought together and which customers come back. It fed stock and marketing decisions.

BigQuery · EDI

One view of a growing retail brand

At Bearaby I owned sales, stock and service dashboards and ran retail partner orders alongside the online store.

Stories and content

Stories a family can watch together

I write festival and faith stories, cut short videos for four platforms, and design the artwork for every collection.

Chibi Halloween poster Blue Christmas poster Daily Grace poster Lotus Stillness poster Rose Revelations poster Lovecraft poster

The Story of Onam

The legend of King Mahabali, written and produced as a short YouTube story for the festival.

A memory a day

A TikTok series of everyday prompts, like a taste of home or a gift I still remember, filmed around Dubai.

Before Tales & Gifts
2021 – 2023

Business Process Analyst · Bearaby

Reporting, retail partner operations and research tools for a direct-to-consumer brand.

2019 – 2021

Business Analyst · Wallcoat Fashion Group

Automated group reporting and rolled out a cloud point-of-sale system.

2015 – 2019

ERP Administrator · Dhofar Global

Moved the company onto Sage X3 and built the reports used in board reviews.

Earlier

MIS and operations roles · TCS and others

Where I learned to build for the person using the report.