About us

Empowering business with data-driven solutions

Operating since 2018, Rock Your Data started as a space analytics company — working with large-scale space telemetry, IoT data, and image recognition for Earth observation. We've since expanded into traditional business segments, where our team builds petabyte-scale solutions and drives analytics modernization and AI workloads.

Our mission is to harness the power of data to drive meaningful change — unlocking new growth, streamlining operations, and innovating with confidence, on Earth and in orbit.

What we stand for

Our values

Integrity

We are committed to ethical practices and transparency in every interaction, building trust with clients and partners.

Client-Centricity

Our clients' goals drive our efforts. We listen closely and tailor solutions to deliver measurable, impactful results.

Innovation

We stay at the forefront of technology, constantly refining our methods to deliver advanced, future-ready solutions.

Dmitry Anoshin, founder of Rock Your Data
Meet the founder

Dmitry Anoshin

Founder of Rock Your Data & Surfalytics

Dmitry Anoshin is an engineering leader, author, and educator with 15+ years building data and AI platforms across cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments.

His career began in space: he built spacecraft hardware at Khrunichev — on the Proton and Angara launch vehicles — and later worked on LEO satellites at Amazon. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering.

He has delivered data and AI solutions for organizations from global enterprises like Amazon, Microsoft, and Deloitte to fast-growing startups, and founded Rock Your Data, the Surfalytics community, and Player One Space.

Dmitry taught Cloud Computing Fundamentals at the University of Victoria from 2019 to 2025 and has authored 10 technical books on analytics and data engineering.

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering
  • Built spacecraft hardware at Khrunichev (Proton & Angara) and worked on LEO satellites at Amazon
  • 15+ years building data and AI platforms, including at Amazon and Microsoft
  • Instructor of Cloud Computing Fundamentals at the University of Victoria (2019–2025)
  • Founder of Rock Your Data, the Surfalytics community, and Player One Space

15+

Years building data & AI

10

Technical books authored

40k+

Community followers

29+

Companies served

Our team

Senior engineers only

11+ years in data on average. 91+ years combined. All of us build agentic AI workloads and AI apps for analytics. No juniors, no hand-offs to a delivery pool.

Team certified on

Dmitry

15+ yrs

Founder · Principal Data Architect

AWS data lakes Snowflake Databricks Architecture reviews Team building Agentic AI workloads AI apps for data analytics

Kirill

12+ yrs

Senior AI Platform Engineer

AWS lakehouse (Iceberg, Athena, Glue) 5-year TCO models Terraform & Kubernetes LLM & RAG platforms Agentic AI workloads AI apps for data analytics

Nikita S.

12+ yrs

Senior Data Engineer

Redshift to Snowflake dbt at scale Airflow & Step Functions Kinesis streaming Agentic AI workloads AI apps for data analytics

Nikita V.

10+ yrs

Senior Analytics Engineer

Databricks lakehouse & Unity Catalog dbt (200+ model projects) Terraform & CI/CD RAG on Databricks Agentic AI workloads AI apps for data analytics

Artur

6+ yrs

Senior Data Engineer

Snowflake & dbt Kafka streaming Data observability & SLAs GenAI evaluation Agentic AI workloads AI apps for data analytics

Tsebek

13+ yrs

Senior Data Engineer

Databricks & Unity Catalog Snowflake Cortex AI dbt & Airflow Banking data Agentic AI workloads AI apps for data analytics

Vladimir

13+ yrs

Senior Data Engineer

Databricks Structured Streaming ML feature stores AWS Kinesis & Lambda AI-assisted delivery Agentic AI workloads AI apps for data analytics

Grigory

10+ yrs

Senior Data Engineer · PMP

Azure Databricks & ADF Power BI Finance & audit data Platform reviews Agentic AI workloads AI apps for data analytics
Track record

Companies our team has worked with

Enterprises, public sector, and fast-growing companies across the US and Canada.

Microsoft logo Microsoft
Amazon logo Amazon
Teradata logo Teradata
BNP Paribas logo BNP Paribas
Deloitte logo Deloitte
Okta logo Okta
Life360 logo Life360
1Password logo 1Password
Wawanesa Insurance logo Wawanesa Insurance
Shaw logo Shaw
Rogers logo Rogers
Health Canada logo Health Canada
Alpaca Markets logo Alpaca Markets
MilkMoovement logo MilkMoovement
Dandy logo Dandy
Technical Safety BC logo Technical Safety BC
Aviso Wealth logo Aviso Wealth
ZoomInfo logo ZoomInfo
YVR Airport logo YVR Airport
Meta logo Meta
Electronic Arts logo Electronic Arts
Autodesk logo Autodesk
TELUS logo TELUS
1-800-GOT-JUNK? logo 1-800-GOT-JUNK?
Netskrt logo Netskrt
WorkSafeBC logo WorkSafeBC
UBC logo UBC
Doctors of BC logo Doctors of BC
Thompson Rivers University logo Thompson Rivers University
Chard Development logo Chard Development
Published author

10 technical books

Cover of Data Engineering with Azure Databricks

Data Engineering with Azure Databricks

2026

Cover of Jumpstart Snowflake (2nd Edition)

Jumpstart Snowflake (2nd Edition)

2025

Cover of Azure Data Factory Cookbook (2nd Edition)

Azure Data Factory Cookbook (2nd Edition)

2024

Cover of Azure Data Factory Cookbook (1st Edition)

Azure Data Factory Cookbook (1st Edition)

2021

Cover of Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide

Tableau Desktop Certified Associate: Exam Guide

2020

Cover of Jumpstart Snowflake (1st Edition)

Jumpstart Snowflake (1st Edition)

2019

Cover of Tableau 2019.x Cookbook

Tableau 2019.x Cookbook

2019

Cover of Mastering Business Intelligence with MicroStrategy

Mastering Business Intelligence with MicroStrategy

2016

Cover of SAP Lumira Essentials

SAP Lumira Essentials

2015

Cover of Learning Hunk

Learning Hunk

2015

Platforms we're certified on