A unified lakehouse strategy across 8 business units

Data Engineering

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The
Overview

A financial services organization had no idea which data assets were actually valuable for AI. Wishtree performed comprehensive discovery and roadmap development across the entire enterprise.

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Problem
Statement

The client had a data visibility crisis. Teams did not know what data existed across the enterprise, or which assets were valuable for AI.

Highlights

24

Redundant silos identified

Lakehouse architecture blueprint

Cloud-native data strategy

50%

Faster AI model deployment

8

Business units aligned

Data governance foundation

Data governance foundation

 

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Agentic AI refers to autonomous, goal-driven software agents that act with
limited human input to optimize specific goals like pricing, forecast demand,
and detect fraud in real time.

 

About Client

A large financial services organization with data scattered across 8 business units – retail banking, wealth management, insurance, lending, and more. Each unit operated independently, with its own data warehouses, definitions, and tools.

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Core Features

Enterprise data discovery

Redundancy elimination

Common data definitions

AI/ML enablement layer

Phased roadmap

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Impact

  • 24 redundant data silos identified and eliminated
  • Unified lakehouse architecture blueprint delivered
  • 50% faster deployment of AI models in Phase 2
  • Data visibility achieved
  • Governance established
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Why Wishtree

Wishtree specializes in data strategy for financial services organizations where complexity and regulation demand rigorous, scalable approaches. 

For this client, we:

  • Eliminated 24 redundant silos through enterprise-wide discovery
  • Delivered a unified lakehouse blueprint for cloud-native data
  • Enabled 50% faster AI model deployment in Phase 2
  • Aligned 8 business units around common data governance