Datta Chidrawar

About Datta Chidrawar

Leadership in cloud architecture, data engineering, and real-time analytics across complex, regulated industries. Proven success directing global system integrations, platform modernizations, and multi-million-dollar digital initiatives. Expert in Azure ecosystem, microservices, CI/CD, and event-driven architecture, enabling scalable, secure, and compliant solutions. Strong executive partnership experience, aligning technology strategy with business goals to drive measurable impact. MBA and Harvard-trained in digital transformation with deep technical fluency and a cross-functional leadership approach. Currently positioned for senior technology leadership roles with CTO trajectory.

Experience

1. Technology Leader Enterprise & Cloud Architecture

   University Bank

   Jan 2025 — Present · US

   Strategic technology leader executing cloud-first, API-driven transformation in a regulated financial environment. Orchestrates large-scale data modernization efforts, including Azure Data Lakehouse design, real-time integrations, document management at scale, and secure microservices. Trusted partner to the CEO, driving compliance-aligned architecture, reducing legacy system dependencies, and enabling enterprise-wide agility. Plays a key role in aligning AI, data, and digital delivery with organizational growth objectives- Architected and deployed a cloud-native document management system on Azure, enabling secure, real- time API access to 100M+ records; reduced retrieval time to seconds, scaled operations efficiently, and achieved zero audit findings- Spearheaded cloud data platform modernization and migration using Azure, Databricks, Functions, Container Apps, and CI/CD pipelines, reducing reporting time by 60%, decreasing IT requests by 40%, decommissioning 50% of legacy systems, and cutting $300K in annual costs- Designed and deployed a GPT-based self-service reporting platform, enabling customers to generate personalized reports via natural language queries, reducing analyst workload and accelerating turnaround by 70%- Implemented a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) knowledge base for customer service, reducing agent onboarding time from 6 weeks to under 2, improving accuracy and reducing live agent escalations by 30%.

Education

• Rutgers University - Camden

  Masters of Business Administration - (MBA), Business Administration and Management

• Harvard University

  Harvard Business Analytics Program, Analytics

  2019 — 2020

• Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University

  Bachelor's degree, Engineering

Skills

• Crystal Reports
• Html
• Iis
• Oracle Sql
• Consulting
• Bootstrapping
• Entity Framework
• Design Patterns
• Jquery UI
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Asp.net Web Api
• Web Development
• Business Analysis
• Mentoring
• Business Process Improvement
• Ssis
• Databases
• Software Development
• Asp
• Web Services
• Agile Methodologies
• C#
• .net
• Logging
• Vb.net
• Jquery Mobile
• Sql Server
• Employee Recognition
• Dependency Injection
• Jquery
• Agile
• Sql
• Asp.net
• Software Project Management
• Asp.net Mvc
• Visual Studio
• Workday
• Javascript
• Team Leadership
• Wcf