Vishwa Uddanwadiker, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Engineering, Test & Technology, The Boeing Company
Vishwa Uddanwadiker is the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at Boeing for Engineering, Test & Technology. Named to this role in March 2024, he leads engineering productivity and innovation through the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). With a focus on applications, operations, platforms, and standards, Vishwa oversees AI research, inventions, and engagement with regulators.
Vishwa previously was Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) chief engineer and Safety Experience vice president. Through his GenAI leadership, he managed an integrated product team that trained large language models on Boeing data. Vishwa was also responsible for the development of the Safety Experience, an interactive platform that promotes Boeing’s safety culture and commitment to safety.
Before those assignments, he led the aerospace safety analytics team and brought a strong data foundation to Boeing’s Safety Management System by advancing modeling techniques to identify hazards and fleet risks through data. Vishwa has held various engineering and technology roles at Boeing over the last 15 years. He served at Honeywell for six years prior.
In 2022, the Chinese Institute of Engineers-USA named Vishwa the Executive Asian American Engineer of the Year. He is the Boeing executive sponsor for the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers. From 2014–2020, Vishwa served as an advisor to the Master of Science in information systems program at the University of Washington Foster School of Business.
Vishwa earned an engineering degree with honors in computer science from Birla Institute of Technology & Science in Pilani, India, and a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.