Engineering Leader & AI Product Builder

Nearly 20 years building scalable fintech, cloud, and mobile products. Now focused on practical AI: document intelligence, agentic automation, and production-grade systems.

About Me

AI Product Builder & Engineering Leader

I'm an engineering leader with nearly 20 years of experience blending software engineering, product strategy, and now AI. I've scaled teams, launched cutting-edge products, and driven digital transformation across fintech, logistics, cloud, and e-commerce.

Currently, I lead the Mobile/Analytics/UX engineering team at Costco Wholesale, managing the backend-for-frontend infrastructure. I'm deeply passionate about fintech, GenAI applications, and building sustainable technology solutions.

My journey started as a software engineer and evolved into cross-functional leadership roles spanning product management, program management, and engineering management.

20 Years Engineering & Product Leadership
6+ Strategic Roles Fintech, Cloud, Logistics, Retail, E-Commerce
CEO & Co-Founder RI Tech Solutions LLC
Mentor Guiding 100+ job seekers since 2017

Experience

Engineering Manager, Mobile/Analytics/UX

Costco Wholesale

Leading the BFF (backend-for-frontend) team, managing mobile and analytics platform delivery. Driving technical excellence and team growth in a fast-paced retail innovation environment.

September 2024 – Present

Product Lead, Financial Products

Dave.com

Led financial product strategy and execution. Focused on fintech innovation and customer-centric product development.

September 2021 – February 2024

Senior Manager, Product & Engineering

Flexport & Oracle

Built and scaled teams across logistics and cloud security. Led OCI Cybersecurity initiatives and drove cloud infrastructure strategy at Oracle.

January 2020 – September 2021 (Flexport) | April 2017 – September 2019 (Oracle)

Program Manager & Technical Product Manager

Nordstrom & Walgreens

Led cross-functional product and program initiatives in retail transformation and digital innovation. Drove strategy and execution across mobile, e-commerce, and omnichannel platforms.

June 2015 – April 2017 (Nordstrom) | September 2011 – May 2015 (Walgreens)

RI Tech Solutions

Practical AI, Built for Production

RI Tech Solutions is an AI-first consulting and engineering firm focused on delivering measurable outcomes. Founded in January 2024, we specialize in document intelligence, agentic automation, and production-grade RAG systems—built with pragmatism, not hype.

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Document AI

Intelligent document processing: extraction, classification, routing, and explainability.

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Agentic Automation

Workflow automation with human-in-the-loop controls, tool use, and guardrails.

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RAG & Evaluation

Production-grade retrieval systems with measurable quality, observability, and governance.

Founded & Led By

Raghav Anand
CEO | 20 years in engineering & product

Imtiaz Alam
CTO & Chief Architect | 20+ years | AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Technical Expertise

Product & Leadership

Product Strategy Team Leadership Program Management Cross-functional Execution Roadmap Planning Business Development

Mobile & Frontend

iOS Development Android Development Firebase Remote Config Charles Proxy Mobile Testing

Backend & Cloud

Microservices AWS Azure Pipelines ArgoCD CI/CD Backend Services

Security & Compliance

FedRAMP PCI-DSS IAM MFA / YubiKey Compliance Security Architecture

Data & Monitoring

Datadog Splunk DBT Analytics Data Engineering

Tools & Frameworks

Postman Stripe Git REST APIs WebSockets

Let's Connect

I'm interested in practical AI challenges, mentoring engineering leaders, and building products that matter. Whether you want to explore AI opportunities or need strategic guidance, let's talk.

Seattle, WA • AI Consulting & Engineering Leadership | RI Tech Solutions CEO