About us
Turning data into strategic advantage
Refined Digital Insight helps leaders turn data into a lasting competitive advantage. We work across governance, data products, and AI readiness, guided by the Data Product Maturity Model (DPMM), so every step your organization takes is deliberate, measurable, and tied to the outcomes that matter.
Who we are
Refined Digital Insight (RDI) is a Toronto-based data intelligence and governance firm. We deliver data governance, data product, and AI readiness services across telecom, banking, insurance, media, and the public sector.
What sets us apart is our commitment to building repeatable solutions that recover their investment quickly. We use proven frameworks, including the Data Product Maturity Model (DPMM), so each engagement builds on what has already worked. Clients can see where they stand, what the next step involves, and the value it can unlock.
Core principles
These principles guide how we design governance and AI-ready data programs, and how we apply the DPMM with every client.
Outcomes
We take time to understand our clients’ unique challenges and goals, and we measure our success by tangible business outcomes. Every engagement starts with a DPMM baseline of where your data products stand today, and each step up the model is clearly linked to results you can track, including revenue growth, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
Partnership
We partner closely with your business, data governance, and technical teams, drawing on experience in enterprise governance, cloud migration, and AI across regulated industries. Our solutions adapt to emerging technologies and changing markets, and the DPMM’s maturity levels give us a progression path that adjusts as AI, regulation, and platforms change.
Integrity
We are transparent about what we find, how we score maturity, and what it takes to advance. Goals and assessments are agreed in writing, so nothing is left to assumption. Clients can see the reasoning behind every maturity score and recommendation, even when findings are hard to hear. We share progress at each milestone, so you know what comes next.
Leadership team
Martin Sykora
CEO / Founder
Martin empowers leaders to transform AI ambition into governed, business-ready data at scale. He chaired TELUS’s AI task force, which evaluated a dozen vendors and moved C3.AI into production, and he is a contributing author of DAMA DMBOK v2. Today, as VP, Integrations and Solutions at Chata.ai, he delivers conversational analytics to enterprises, with governance built in from the start.
Lucy Yelak
Chief Architect
Lucy makes enterprise data reliable, usable, and ready for AI. She has launched metadata programs for 3,000 users at TELUS and delivered $1.2M in cost savings through cloud modernization, and she led the cloud migration of core billing systems. As Chief Architect at Refined Digital Insight, she builds governed data platforms, metadata architecture, and AI foundations that scale with confidence.
Elena Sykora
Lead Engineer
Elena turns complex data warehouses into reliable business intelligence. Over nearly a decade at Bell Media she led data engineering on the warehouse migration to Google Cloud, keeping mission-critical consolidated reporting steady throughout. Now, as a Google Cloud Digital Leader, she is helping RDI build a Business Intelligence and Analytics Center of Excellence that makes AI-ready data accessible to all.
Our partners
Interested in partnering with us? Contact Partner@RDI-Data.com to register as a products or services partner.
Collibra is a leading provider of enterprise data intelligence and governance, with a Data Intelligence Cloud Platform for cataloging, governance, lineage, quality, and privacy. RDI is a Collibra partner, delivering implementation and managed services on the platform.
Address:
Collibra Canada Ltd.,
44 Chipman Hill,Suite 1000,
Saint John, NB E2L 2A9, Canada
Phone:
+1 646 893 3042
(fax: +1 917 722 6681)
Carahsoft is a trusted IT solutions provider and Master Aggregator for vendor, reseller, and integrator partners, serving federal, state, local government, education, healthcare, and private sector customers. RDI is available to government buyers through Carahsoft.
Address:
11493 Sunset Hills Rd Suite 100,
Reston, VA
20190
Phone:
(888) 662-2724
Cloudlink IT Solutions is a cybersecurity and managed IT provider, with operations across the UAE, India, Canada, Nigeria, and beyond. RDI works with Cloudlink on SAP data migration and integration, with governance built in from the start.
Address:
38 Northern Breeze Crescent,
Whitby, Ontario,
Canada, L1R 0P4
Phone:
+1 647-544-7683
OPRIM.ca partners with RDI-Data to extend data governance delivery capacity through specialized offshore talent, providing cost-effective resources to support governance programs, metadata management, and platform implementation.
Address:
18 King Street East, Suite 1400,
Toronto, ON M5C 1C4,
Canada
Phone (toll-free):
1-833-556-7746 (or 1 (833) 55 OPRIM)
Email: info@oprim.ca