VP of Engineering at RedTeam Software

Arif Sundrani

I build and scale product engineering organizations—aligning platform strategy, delivery systems, and practical AI with customer and business outcomes.

My focus is turning complex product and operational constraints into clear priorities, capable teams, and software that ships.

Enterprise SaaSProduct, platform & AI leadership
Builder-operatorProducts from concept to launch
Technology consultingLeadership in complex client environments

Current focus

Product engineering

Building clear priorities, capable teams, and delivery systems that turn strategy into software customers can use.

Platform strategy

Balancing near-term product needs with pragmatic investments in cloud, data, integrations, and architecture.

Practical AI

Applying AI where it can remove operational drag, improve workflows, and create measurable value.

Selected impact

Public evidence and experience that show how I connect engineering decisions to delivery and business value.

Applied AI
From manual review to minutes

During my RedTeam tenure, an AI document-processing initiative turned a documented 8+ hour workflow into an approximately 15-minute process with 89–90% extraction accuracy.

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Leadership progression
From delivery to organization

Progressed from software engineer through team lead, engineering manager, director, and VP roles across technology consulting and product engineering.

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Builder perspective
Operating beyond the org chart

Building and operating two independent products keeps my leadership grounded in customer discovery, prioritization, tradeoffs, and the full path from idea to launch.

How I lead

A practical operating philosophy for product engineering teams.

Start with the outcome

Connect engineering priorities to customer value and business constraints before choosing a technical path.

Build systems, not heroics

Use clear ownership, operating rhythms, and feedback loops to make dependable delivery repeatable.

Keep judgment close to the work

Give teams the context and guardrails to make good decisions quickly, especially as AI increases the volume of possible solutions.

Writing and ideas

First-party briefs on engineering leadership, product strategy, and useful applications of AI.

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Why More AI Output Does Not Automatically Create Throughput

An executive brief on why AI shifts the engineering bottleneck from generating options to choosing, integrating, and shipping the right work.

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7 min read
Modernizing Document-Heavy Enterprise Workflows with AI

A practical executive guide to choosing, designing, and operating intelligent document processing systems with measurable value and human review.

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What I am working on

Independent products I build and operate alongside my engineering leadership work.

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Roaming

I build and operate Roaming, a travel eSIM product for buying virtual data plans and staying connected abroad without a physical SIM card.

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Property Hub

I build and operate Property Hub, a guided product that helps homeowners prepare and file a property-tax protest.

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Executive bio

Arif Sundrani is VP of Engineering at RedTeam Software. He builds and scales product engineering organizations, connecting platform strategy, delivery systems, and practical AI automation to customer and business outcomes. His background spans construction technology, product and platform delivery, and technology consulting.

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Beyond work

Outside of work, I am usually snowboarding, traveling somewhere new, experimenting in the kitchen, learning about watches, or getting lost in a good science-fiction book.

Leadership capabilities

Executive breadth supported by a hands-on technical foundation.

Engineering strategyOrganizational designProduct deliveryPlatform strategyOperating cadenceHiring and coachingCloud modernizationApplied AI

Technical foundation: Cloud and distributed systems • Data and integrations • Web and mobile products • Automation and AI workflows

Speaking, advising, and collaboration
I welcome thoughtful conversations with founders, executives, boards, recruiters, prospective peers, and technical leaders about engineering organizations, product and platform strategy, and practical AI.

Education

BS in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University.