CASE STUDY

CDO Outcome — Data Platform Modernization at a Top-20 US Bank

A top-20 US bank modernized from 19 data warehouses + lakes to a single Azure Synapse + Data Cloud platform with 91% lineage coverage.

May 9, 2026 · 2 min read · By admin

At a glance

Industry: BFSI
Topics: Azure · data-cloud · data-platform
Published: May 2026
Headline outcome: 8 days Regulatory close: 8 days →…

Measured outcomes

What this programme actually delivered.

8 days

Regulatory close: 8 days → 2 days

91%

Lineage coverage: 91% (was 14%)

Data-quality scorecard: 47 → 84

$22M

$22M annualized infra savings

The challenge

19 data warehouses + lakes built over 15 years. Reconciliation between sources took 8 days for monthly regulatory reports. Lineage was manual. The CDO’s data-quality scorecard was 47/100.

What we built

Modernization onto Azure Synapse + Data Cloud. Strict source-system contracts. Automated lineage discovery at ingestion. Master data discipline at the new platform. Legacy warehouses migrated wave-by-wave (12 retired in year 1).

Outcomes

Regulatory close: 8 days → 2 days
Lineage coverage: 91% (was 14%)
Data-quality scorecard: 47 → 84
$22M annualized infra savings

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CDO Outcome — Data Platform Modernization at a Top-20 US Bank

What this programme actually delivered.

The challenge

What we built

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