Scalable, Compliant, Cloud-Native: The FINRA CAT Reinvention by Saravanan Thirumazhisai Prabhagaran

Saravanan Thirumazhisai Prabhagaran led the reinvention of FINRA’s CAT system, transforming it into a scalable, cloud-native platform. By shifting from costly proprietary tech to open-source Presto and AWS-native infrastructure, he cut $2.1M annually in costs, boosted query performance 300%, and set new standards for regulatory technology modernization.