Big data.
Big insights.
Big impact.

Expertise

We help change your business through data enablement.

Data Elephant helps organizations modernize their data infrastructure and platforms to enable better decisions, self-service reporting, advanced analytics, AI, and machine learning. Our team of engineers, scientists, and analysts are passionate about applying the latest technologies to deliver real business outcomes.

From tailored data solutions to ongoing support, we provide end-to-end services that adapt to each client’s needs. We emphasize collaboration, transparency, and long-term partnerships, acting not only as builders, but also as trusted advisors.

PARTNERS

Technology Partners

Data Elephant partners with industry-leading public cloud, data infrastructure, and analytics providers to bring our clients the latest modern, scalable, and extensible data solutions. Whether you are seeking a platform or architecture evaluation, or looking to make the most of existing technology investments, we bring an unbiased view to your data platform architecture and projects.

INDUSTRIES

Industries We Serve

From energy and natural resources to public sector and financial services, we understand the unique data challenges of today’s industries. We apply sector-specific expertise to deliver modern data platforms, AI use case prioritization, and measurable business outcomes in partnership with our client’s deep internal expertise.

  • The mining industry faces challenges in unifying siloed operational and geological data, optimizing production, and managing safety and sustainability reporting. At Data Elephant, we help mining companies migrate legacy systems to modern cloud platforms, build scalable data pipelines, and enable ML-driven predictive maintenance and resource modeling. By leveraging GenAI, organizations can automate safety compliance reporting and surface real-time insights for field operators, reducing downtime and improving efficiency.

  • Energy and utilities providers are under pressure to modernize infrastructure, integrate IoT data, and manage the transition to renewables while maintaining reliability. Data Elephant accelerates migration to secure cloud environments, engineers data flows for real-time monitoring, and applies ML to optimize grid operations and energy demand forecasting. With GenAI, companies can improve customer service through intelligent chatbots and gain deeper insights into consumption patterns to inform strategic planning.

  • In sports and entertainment, fan engagement, personalized experiences, and monetizing digital channels are top priorities. Data Elephant supports organizations by modernizing data platforms, enabling cross-channel analytics, and using ML to improve ticketing forecasts, sponsorship ROI, and audience segmentation. GenAI powers personalized fan interactions, dynamic content generation, and smarter recommendations that drive loyalty and revenue growth.

  • Transportation and logistics companies must deal with complex supply chains, real-time tracking, and cost optimization. Data Elephant helps migrate siloed ERP and logistics data into modern platforms, build robust data engineering pipelines, and implement ML models for route optimization, predictive maintenance, supply chain and demand forecasting. GenAI enhances decision-making by providing natural language insights to planners and improving customer communications with real-time shipment updates.

  • Financial institutions are balancing innovation with strict regulatory requirements while aiming to unlock value from vast amounts of data. Data Elephant enables modernization of core data systems, engineers secure and governed data flows, and applies ML for fraud detection, risk modeling, and personalized financial products. GenAI enhances compliance monitoring, supports wealth advisors with client-ready insights, and streamlines reporting with automated document generation.

  • Public sector and not-for-profit organizations often face budget constraints, legacy systems, and the need to demonstrate measurable impact. Data Elephant helps migrate and modernize data infrastructure, enabling integrated reporting and transparency. With ML and analytics, agencies can improve service delivery, resource allocation, and program evaluation. GenAI further empowers staff by automating case management summaries, surfacing citizen insights, and enhancing accessibility of public information.

  • Retail and consumer packaged goods companies compete on personalization, supply chain agility, and omnichannel insights. Data Elephant supports retailers in migrating and modernizing their data platforms, building real-time customer and inventory pipelines, and applying ML to optimize pricing, demand forecasting, and promotions. GenAI enables hyper-personalized product recommendations, automated marketing content creation, and conversational commerce that deepens customer loyalty.

CLIENTS

We Keep Good Company

SERVICES

We are your full service partner, up for any challenge. Let’s do this. Together.


01 Modern Strategy

Define your data vision and create a pragmatic roadmap that balances foundational investments with quick wins, leveraging our enterprise and industry experience.

  • Modern Data Architecture Design

  • Analytics & AI Roadmap

  • Center of Excellent & Operating Model Design

  • Maturity Assessment

02 Data Governance & Management

Establish trust and control over your data with modern governance frameworks, scalable management practices, and fit-for-purpose tools that balance flexibility with compliance.

  • Governance Framework & Strategy

  • Data Management & Cataloguing

  • Tool Selection & Implementation

  • Modern Data Governance Operating Model Design

03 Data Architecture & Engineering

Design and build scalable, secure cloud data platforms - whether warehouse, lake, or lakehouse to unify data across sources and enable seamless access and performance.

  • Data Warehouse, Lake & Lakehouse Implementations

  • Integration & Pipeline Engineering

  • Streaming & Processing

  • Business Application Integration

04 Reporting & BI

Empower decision-makers through intuitive, governed analytics with modern BI platforms that drive self-service, storytelling, and insight democratization.

  • Data Visualization & Report Development

  • Semantic Layer, Democratization & Self-Service

  • BI Tool Migration & Modernization

  • BI Governance

05 Advanced Analytics & ML

Unlock deeper insights and foresight with scalable machine learning and advanced analytics that turn data into measurable business outcomes.

  • AI/ML Solution Architecture

  • Data Science & Model Development

  • Predictive Modeling

  • MLops and Model Deployment

06 Generative AI

Identify, prioritize, and operationalize GenAI use cases that deliver real ROI, with secure and scalable paths from experimentation to production.

07 Cloud Foundations

Build and optimize your cloud infrastructure with modern DevOps practices to ensure scalability, security, and agility across your data ecosystem.

  • Conversational AI & Chatbots

  • Natural Language Processing

  • Prompt Engineering & Optimization

  • Custom Fine Tuning & Domain Adaptation

  • Cloud Infrastructure & Services

  • DevOps Best Practices & Engineering

  • Data Service Migration & Modernization

08 Business Applications

Empower your teams with intuitive, scalable low-code / no-code applications and front-end tools that streamline workflows, enhance data quality, and accelerate decision-making.

  • LOW-CODE / NO-CODE APPLICATIONS

  • WORKFLOW AUTOMATION & INTEGRATION

  • SELF-SERVICE INTERFACES FOR DATA CAPTURE & REPORTING

PACKAGED OFFERINGS

Ready-Made.
Expert-Delivered.
Measurable Impact.

In addition to our services, we offer a suite of proven, packaged offerings – pre-defined scope, activities, and outcomes designed to accelerate your journey with minimal customization.

  • A rapid, expert-led evaluation of your current data environment. We identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities, evaluate your use cases, internal team’s skillsets, and provide clear recommendations to modernize your architecture for scale, performance, and future innovation from an agnostic perspective.

  • Bring GenAI from theory to practice. We help you select a high-value use case, select the best-fit technology platform, measure success criteria, and build a working prototype, and demonstrate measurable impact - most importantly, we leave you with a detailed path to production.

  • Turn governance into a business enabler. We create a pragmatic, actionable roadmap tailored to your organization and launch a pilot to prove out policies, processes, and technology in a low-risk, high-value way.

  • A hands-on session designed to demystify Generative AI. We educate your team on use cases, risks, and guardrails, then co-create ideas that align with your business priorities and technology landscape.

  • A collaborative half to full day workshop to align business and IT leaders around your data vision. Together, we define strategic priorities, opportunities, and a clear path to building a modern, insights-driven organization. Delivered in person or virtually.

  • 2-4 week engagement

  • Curated end-user training delivered virtually, or in-person to train your teams on the effective, responsible use of AI tools including MSFT Co-Pilot, Claude, Enterprise ChatGPT and more.

  • Dedicated “squads” of developers that work on incremental PowerApp builds, allowing our clients to dial-up or dial-down capacity while getting consistent velocity, predictable cost per feature and uniform engineering practices across multiple projects; delivered ongoing under Agile methodology.

  • Our Lakehouse Accelerator is an all-in-one package for standing up a Databricks environment. We help our clients implement an analytical capability faster and provide a framework to grow their data estate with a focus on governance, scalability, best practices, and co-creation with a 6-week engagement focused on production-grade Databricks foundations.

About

A more human approach to modern data analytics, engineering, and cloud services.

Data Elephant was founded in 2022 to fulfill a need in the Canadian market for a dedicated and full-stack data and analytics services firm. We are a Vancouver, BC-based consultancy serving customers across Canada, helping them tackle their data challenges from strategy to execution.

We’re all about outcomes, value, transparency, and trust.

Our team has worked for a variety of organizations from Big 4 consultancies, to start-up boutiques, and from within industry. We’ve taken what we loved about those companies, and what we didn’t, and developed an approach and culture that focuses on the success of our clients, doing what is right, always, and delivering amazing technology that drives business outcomes.

Adrienne Robbins
Co-Founder & CEO

Prior to founding Data Elephant, Adrienne held the role of COO for a boutique cloud transformation start-up in Canada where she managed Sales & Marketing, Technology Alliances, Finance, People & Culture, and Operations. She previously focused on Client management for global IT Research & Advisory and Technology Consulting organizations, where she provided advisory to Business and IT Executives around cloud, innovation, business transformation and data. After spending 7 years living in Toronto and Montreal, Adrienne now calls the Lower Mainland, where she was born and raised, home again. She studied Business Administration at BCIT and now spends her time with her family and young kids and dogs enjoying the outdoors, cooking, travelling, and volunteering.

Mathew Duffy
Co-Founder & CTO

Mathew, an experienced technology leader, has held senior positions at Xerris (CDO), Slalom, and Hitachi Solutions building teams and capabilities in data strategy, engineering, analytics, and machine learning. After completing his MBA, Mathew started his career in consulting in financial services (Deloitte, PriceMetrix by McKinsey) by building bridges between technical and business clients to extract and drive value from data. Mathew completed his MMA (Master of Management Analytics) at Queen’s University to tackle data, cloud, and analytics challenges across industries and continues to bring a hands-on, professional, and friendly approach to delivery. Mathew mostly calls Ontario home and enjoys as much time as he can outdoors, sailing, and travelling.

  • “Our collaboration with Data Elephant and AWS has given our clubs the tools to compete confidently for fan engagement, growth, and revenue.”

    Adam Satz, SVP of Technology and Data Strategy, United Soccer League

  • “Working with Data Elephant has been a game-changer. Their knowledge in cloud, data, and AI is top-tier, but what really sets them apart is how quickly they move and how deeply they care about getting to know our business. They consistently deliver with excellence - and they’re the kind of people you genuinely enjoy partnering with. We recommend them often, and for good reason.”

    Troy Heibein - Chief Commercial Officer, StellarAlgo

  • "Our experience with Data Elephant over the past three years has been very positive. They simplify complicated data challenges, bring talented resources to the table, and adapt their planning to our business needs. Their support has helped us keep ahead of other companies in terms of solutions and implementations.”

    Moe Safari, Manager of Data Engineering, Bosa Properties

Let’s do great things together.