Swapnil Chaudhari

About Swapnil Chaudhari

Technology Director | AI Transformation Leader | Enterprise Modernization StrategistI am a technology leader trusted by executive management to steer high-stakes initiatives, from complex post-acquisition integrations to pioneering AI-driven product development. I don\'t just manage technology; I transform it to drive business value and operational predictability.AI Pioneer & Transformation Lead: Early Adopter: I was the first in my organization to spearhead the exploration of GitHub Copilot, establishing Native AI development practices that have now scaled across the engineering team.Product Innovation: Led the first-ever AI initiative in my team—implementing GenAI copy-editing functionality that evolved into a core product feature, optimizing search functionality on the external dbrsmorningstar.com website.* Support Automation: Architecting a custom GenAI utility to enable natural language querying of production history, drastically reducing resolution times for support engineers.Strategic Modernization & Trust:* Architect of Stability: Handpicked by management to stabilize a volatile.NET/Angular ecosystem; transitioned the team from reactive firefighting to a state of total release predictability.* Legacy to Cloud: Orchestrated the re-platforming of the DBRS suite into AWS Serverless (Python/Vue.js), utilizing AI-assisted development to accelerate timelines.Data Strategy: Directed the sunsetting of legacy Oracle middleware to establish a single \"Golden Source\" of data, ensuring lineage and mitigating compliance risks.I thrive at the intersection of AI innovation and enterprise-scale reliability, leading teams of 18+ engineers to deliver the future of fintech

Experience

1. Associate Director of Technology

   Morningstar

   Oct 2022 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   At Morningstar, I drive engineering excellence by balancing high-stakes enterprise roadmaps with a hands-on \"Ownership Mindset\": Database & Data Strategy: Leading a critical database migration (Oracle to MS-SQL) to establish a high-fidelity \"Single Source of Truth,\" essential for downstream AI reliability and data lineage.Agentic AI & RAG: Evaluating and architecting Agentic Workflows via Model Context Protocol (MCP) and RAG strategies to ground LLM outputs in verified financial data.Post-Acquisition Harmonization: Orchestrated the technical integration of DBRS product suites, successfully merging disparate engineering teams and tech stacks into a unified ecosystem.AI-Native Engineering: Directed recent Java-to-Python/Python upgrade migrations and stack upgrades using GitHub Copilot, accelerating delivery cycles while reducing technical debt.Operational Resilience: Steering DORA compliance measures for 20+ products, transforming high-volatility environments into stable, high-performance systems.

Education

• Mumbai University Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Technology

  2003 — 2007

• A.S.C. College Panve

  HSC

  2001 — 2003

• V. K. High School, Panvel, Maharashtra, India

  SSC, SSC

  1999 — 2001

• Great Lakes Institute of Management

  Master's degree, Business Administration and Management, General

  2018 — 2019

Skills

• Software Project Management
• Spring Framework
• J2ee Web Services
• Sql
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Web Services
• Xml
• Business Analysis
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Spring Mvc
• Pl/Sql
• Spring Batch
• Java