Swapnil Babu

About Swapnil Babu

As AVP of Cloud & Engineering at Cornerstone OnDemand, I lead a global team of 80+ engineers across six time zones, responsible for delivering high-scale, high-availability multi-cloud operations and automation at enterprise scale.With 15+ years of progressive experience in cloud, infrastructure, and DevOps, I’ve played a pivotal role in migrating four large-scale data centers to AWS, centralizing operations across four M&A companies, and building unified processes, tooling, and talent strategies that scale.My recent focus has been on AI-led automation and agentic frameworks—transforming cloud operations by reducing manual workloads by 40%, increasing efficiency by 20%, and embedding cost intelligence and security automation across the lifecycle.My Belief System: Tech Leadership = People + Purpose + Platform AI + Cloud + Security = The New Operating System of Growth Every Ops Challenge is an Opportunity for Innovation Leadership is about Scaling People, not Just Systems What Drives Me:I believe cloud operations must evolve beyond infrastructure management. By combining technology, automation, and team enablement, I aim to build platforms that are not only reliable but also intelligent, secure, and cost-efficient.Leadership to me means scaling both systems and people, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and innovation. I operate with a “perpetual beta” mindset—adapting with change, embracing new technologies like agentic AI, and preparing teams for the future of cloud.I thrive at the intersection of engineering, operations, security, and strategy—building platforms that are reliable, cost-efficient, and future-ready. I believe leadership is about scaling people and systems alike, driving transformation with empathy, data, and direction.

Experience

1. AVP, Cloud Operations

   Cornerstone OnDemand

   Apr 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Lead a 80+ member global CloudOps and Engineering team across the US, EMEA, and APAC, supporting 24/7 delivery of mission-critical services for $3B SaaS business.Orchestrated end-to-end AWS migration of four legacy data centers, improving scalability, performance, and time-to-deploy for 20+ enterprise platforms.Deployed AI-driven and agentic automation frameworks to streamline operations, reducing effort by 40% and improving MTTR by 30%.Designed and scaled the Cloud Command Center, unifying tooling, monitoring, compliance, and RCA processes across four acquired companies.Partnered with Security and Product teams to implement \"Security as Code\" frameworks, achieving ISO/SOC2 and FedRAMP compliance.Spearheaded FinOps initiatives, delivering $5M+ in annual cloud savings via rightsizing, governance, and intelligent workload placement.Mentored emerging leaders across Cloud and Tech, with structured onboarding, skills matrices, and KPI-driven feedback loops.Cloud Strategy, Multi-Cloud (AWS, GCP), Agentic Ops, AI Automation, FinOps, FedRAMP, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, Serverless, Leadership, SRE, Monitoring

Education

• Vivek College of Commerce

  Bachelor of Science - BSC, Information Technology

  2007 — 2010

• Welingkar Institute of Management

  Executive MBA, E-BUSINESS

  2013 — 2015