A finance company transitioned from Oracle to CockroachDB, aiming to improve resilience, reduce operational costs, and enhance customer satisfaction. Initially, the company's board meetings were tense, with CTO Laura Nash translating technical achievements into business outcomes. However, after reaching phase four of their migration plan, they successfully moved tier 0 applications to a distributed multi-region architecture, resulting in increased uptime, compliance with data regulations, and reduced latency. Shankar, a key advocate for the change, led the pilot program and chose CockroachDB for its multi-active system capabilities, resilience, and compatibility with existing infrastructure. Despite initial concerns about performance and migration complexity, the transition proved smoother than anticipated, aided by CockroachDB's tools and support. As the migration progressed, the company observed significant savings in labor costs and increased feature development. Encouraged by these results, the company plans further migrations from Oracle, driven by the performance and cost benefits observed with CockroachDB.