Data & AI Governance & Architecture

Trusted foundations, engineered to scale.

Most expensive data mistakes are architecture mistakes: platforms bought before requirements were understood, pipelines that can't survive growth, AI bolted onto foundations never designed for it. We do the blueprint work first — mapping your sources, workloads, and roadmap into a vendor-neutral architecture for your warehouse, integrations, and agentic AI systems that fits your organization, not a vendor's reference diagram.

Then we make it trustworthy. OBIS was founded by a CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner, and our team holds DAMA data-management and current cloud and AI platform certifications — so governance is in our DNA, not an afterthought. Metric ownership, data quality controls, AI usage policies, model oversight, and disclosure readiness — sized for growing organizations, not Fortune 50 bureaucracy.

Proof, not promises

Numbers from real engagements

CPA + CFE
the audit and fraud-examination training behind our governance methodology
Certified
DAMA data management plus current cloud data platform and AI architecture credentials on the team
4 yrs
keeping one fund client's investor reporting ahead of evolving compliance requirements
Source: Dchained Capital

Capabilities

What this looks like in practice

01

Data platform & warehouse architecture

Design the warehouse, lakehouse, and pipeline architecture that fits your data volumes, team, and budget.

02

AI & agentic system architecture

Architect the retrieval, orchestration, and guardrail layers that production AI agents actually need.

03

Data governance frameworks & quality controls

Define metric ownership, stewardship, validation, and audit trails so every department argues about the decision, not the number.

04

AI governance & responsible use

Usage policies, model oversight, and human-in-the-loop controls that let you adopt AI quickly without betting the firm.

05

Regulatory & disclosure readiness

Reporting built to stand up to auditors, examiners, and investors — and to expand as requirements do.

06

Scale & cost engineering

Right-size compute and storage so the platform grows with you — and the bill doesn't grow faster.

Platforms & technologies we build with

Microsoft PurviewCollibraAlationAtlanDatabricks Unity CatalogMicrosoft FabricSnowflakeDatabricksAzure SQL DatabaseGoogle BigQueryAmazon RedshiftData Lineage & CatalogingData Quality FrameworksAI Governance & Responsible AIDAMA-DMBOK

Case studies

Where this service earned its keep

Professional Services & Finance

Dchained Capital: reporting transparency that kept 41 of 42 investors

Investor-grade reporting for a fund operating where the rules are written in real time

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Professional Services & Finance

Risk-Q: embedded analytics their customers now pay for

Analytics that became part of the product a software company sells

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Transparency and accountability are paramount, and I can't say enough about the role that OBIS has played in helping us establish our proven track record with our investors.
Edmund McCormackManaging General Partner, Dchained Capital
On top of being a genius in data engineering and visualization, they were able to listen carefully to our needs and create exactly what we needed in a matter of days.
Axel Francois GayCEO & Founder, Stratmont Brothers

Common questions

Asked before every engagement

When does a growing company actually need data governance?

The first time two teams show up with different versions of the same number, you already needed it. Lightweight rules early — metric ownership, definitions, quality checks — beat heavyweight bureaucracy later.

Is AI governance only for regulated industries?

No. Any company letting AI touch customers, money, or decisions needs usage policies, model oversight, and human-in-the-loop controls. Regulated industries just need them documented to a higher standard — which is where our audit heritage earns its keep.

Can you review an architecture we already have?

Yes — blueprint reviews are a common starting point. We assess your current platform for scalability, cost, integration debt, and AI-readiness, and give you a sequenced plan you can execute with us or without us.

Get in touch

Senior experts on every engagement

Tell us what you're working through. Every inquiry is read and answered personally by our advisory team.

Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra

Led by Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, CPA, CFE, CDMP

Founder & CEO, Omni Business Intelligence Solutions

Forbes Technology Council member · Featured by the Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, CNBC, NASDAQ, and Microsoft

Backed by a team of 20+ data, AI, and BI specialists across various teams — the right expert joins at the right moment.

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