Indicium and dbt: Partnership Leads to Emerging Partner of the Year Award

We're excited to announce that Indicium was recognized as dbt’s Emerging Partner of the Year at Coalesce 2024, in Las Vegas. 

This is a milestone that celebrates our dedication to data innovation and the lasting impact we've made with dbt throughout our ongoing partnership. 

Our Journey with dbt 

At Indicium, we've been working alongside dbt for over 7 years, empowering our clients to optimize and transform their data with cutting-edge strategies. 

We've clocked more than 100,000 hours of work, with 100% of our clients using dbt to accelerate their data transformation journeys.

With 100+ dbt certifications, we are among the most certified dbt partner in the world. Our commitment to training ensures we bring deep expertise to every project, leveraging the full power of dbt’s capabilities — combining advanced modularization, testing, and documentation with industry best practices in DataOps.

How We Leverage dbt 

Our work with dbt is focused on creating efficient, scalable and maintainable data pipelines, with the best practices in DataOps. 

Using the platform, we’ve transformed data infrastructures by ensuring proper governance, version control, and automation of data quality checks, enabling clear data lineage for a more visible and manageable data flow. 

With our focus on aligning business and data teams, dbt allows us to reduce bottlenecks in development, increase efficiency in onboarding, and provide easier training paths for teams. 

Moreover, the use of SQL and native modularity enable businesses to scale their data projects without being locked into proprietary systems. This flexibility, combined with the ability to document and manage changes in real-time, makes dbt a central part of how we approach data modernization. 

A key example of this is our project with a global leader in the healthcare sector, where we leveraged dbt to upgrade their data platform. 

Case: How we Helped Leading Global Healthcare Enterprise Achieve 90% Faster Data Validation & Enhanced Governance with dbt

The company was facing significant challenges with their legacy platform, where validating data ingestion pipelines required manual intervention, taking up valuable resources. These inefficiencies hindered their goal of achieving seamless, scalable, and automated data management.

The solution involved migrating to a new platform centered around dbt, which provided improved agility and trust in their data pipelines. By leveraging dbt’s Modern Data Stack tools and enhancing their data governance processes, the data pipelines became more modular and maintainable, creating a more efficient workflow. 

This also enhanced data quality testing, enabling more granular business logic checks and better overall governance of the pipelines. 

The key results for this case are: 

• Data validation processes were reduced by at least 90%.
• Data governance improved with the establishment of a single source of truth, adoption of software engineering best practices, and implementation of new monitoring tools.
• Extensive documentation was created for over 70% of data warehouse objects, enhancing transparency and usability.
• More than 1,700 automated data quality and business rule tests were implemented.
• User confidence increased, with the platform becoming easier to use and reducing the time required to support and develop new solutions.

Therefore, the implementation of dbt allowed this company to overcome their legacy platform's limitations and transition to a more scalable, maintainable, and governed data environment. With dbt at the core of their data transformation, the client is now better equipped to handle future challenges and support long-term business goals.

This case study highlights how Indicium’s expertise with dbt helps organizations to modernize their data infrastructures, reducing inefficiencies and enabling scalable solutions.

Why This Award Matters

Being named Emerging Partner of the Year by dbt Labs is a pivotal moment in Indicium’s journey. It represents not only our technical expertise, but also the trust and success we’ve built with our clients, enabling solutions to different kinds of data challenges with excellence. 

This award highlights our role in advancing business towards the Modern Data Stack. By leveraging dbt’s capabilities, we empower our clients with continuous innovation, ensuring they stay ahead of the curve in analytics and AI while maintaining control and governance over their data.

Ultimately, it reinforces our mission to help businesses evolve their data capabilities and embrace innovation, with unmatched quality and a lasting impact. 

About Indicium 

Founded in 2017, Indicium is a global data company committed to helping clients modernize and scale their companies for a data-driven future by promoting a data-driven culture.

We specialize in creating strategies and preparing ideal teams for data projects, designing customized methodologies and overseeing end-to-end projects. 

We offer consultancy, training and the development of data platforms and products with data science, data analysis and artificial intelligence. 

All to optimize performance and reach new heights of success by transforming your business based on data. 

Click here to know more about Indicium, and dive deeper into how our partnership with dbt is shaping the future of data.