Luke Surazski

About Luke Surazski

Technology and product executive with 20+ years of experience leading globally distributed teams across product, engineering, and design. I’ve driven transformation and growth across venture-backed SaaS companies in fintech, healthcare, AI, and communications—often in regulated industries.Known for combining a pragmatic leadership style with strong technical acumen, I excel at aligning business strategy with product execution. I’ve scaled teams from early stage to 100+, delivered AI-driven solutions, executed major platform re-architectures, and consistently improved product velocity and cost efficiency.Key strengths include: • Scaling high-performing cross-functional teams • AI/ML integration into product and operations • Multi-product strategy and roadmap alignment • Cloud platform modernization and system resilience • Executive team collaboration and GTM partnershipsLet’s connect if you’re interested in building impactful technology teams or products.

Experience

1. Chief Product and Technology Officer

   Lively, Inc.

   Mar 2022 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Lead all product, engineering, design, and revenue ops teams at a fast-growing fintech and healthcare SaaS platform. • Reduced annual burn by $2M while increasing product velocity and delivery consistency • Led AI transformation across business and product lines—automating workflows and reducing hiring needs by 30% • Built an AI-based customer support and decisioning platform that is helping automate our customer success and support functions while introducing new customer features that empowered customers to make more informed financial decisions. • Defined and launched a multi-product strategy that unlocked enterprise deals and expanded the sales funnel • Rebuilt product development lifecycle to prioritize business impact and deliver predictable results • Partnered closely with GTM teams to align roadmap with pipeline, improving close-won rates • Key contributor to executive team—driving transparency, accountability, and pragmatic decision-making

Education

• University of Waterloo

  BMath, Computer Science

Skills

• Product Management
• Ip
• Integration
• IT Management
• Program Management
• Voip
• Virtualization
• Cisco Technologies
• Unified Communications
• Device Drivers
• Cloud Computing
• Enterprise Software
• Linux
• Networking
• Software Development
• Python
• Routing
• Saas