Alan Lipton

Chief Technology Officer at SEON

Austin, Texas, United States

About Alan Lipton

Alan Lipton is Chief Technology Officer at SEON. Location: Austin, Texas, United States.

Senior Executive – Enterprise Software Development Skilled in: Artificial Intelligence (AI) business transformation, Digital Transformation and SaaS software development, SDLC Process and Management (traditional and SaaS), Communications technology, Physical / IT Security, Digital Video Career Snapshot: SEON - CTO: 2024 to present SecureAuth – SVP Engineering: 2022 to 2024 LivePerson (Tenfold) – VP Engineering / CTO: 2019 to 2022 Mitel (ShoreTel) – VP Engineering. Cloud Service Delivery: 2015 to 2019 Rapid7 – Director of Product Engineering – Metasploit: 2012 to 2015 GE / United Technologies Corp. – Software CTO, Enterprise Software: 2008 to 2011 ObjectVideo Inc. – CTO: 2000 to 2008 Carnegie Mellon University – Robotics Institute – Systems Scientist: 1997 to 2000  Results-driven innovator who holds more than 100 US and international patents in Security; Video Analytics; and Artificial Intelligence. • Created innovative (SaaS and traditional) software products for multiple industries using a wide variety of state-of-the-art technologies (including AI). Generated $B’s in revenue. • Driven successful corporate outcomes. Engineering leader behind multiple 9- and 10-digit business outcomes.  Pragmatic and customer focused in supporting both entrepreneurial start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. • Focused on pragmatic software development processes that put business growth and customer needs front-and-center  Adept at advancing SDLC productivity through the use of metrics and process improvements. • Navigating the AI transformation. Implementing AI-based processes and tooling within the SDLC to improve efficiencies and engineering productivities. • Specialist in creating engineering processes that are agile, efficient, and productive. • Responsible for producing outstanding engineering and business results within an ecosystem of scientists, engineers, quality professionals, and cloud-ops/dev-ops  Inclusive servant-leader leadership style – accomplished at developing compelling strategies and inspiring talented people to bring high-tech software products to the marketplace. • Successfully manage development projects on time, on budget. Expertise in all facets of SDLC – aligning product development with larger business goals. • Responsible for budgets in excess of $20M and teams of more than 300 professionals.  Versatile communicator who is skilled at clearly explaining the benefits and opportunities inherent in technological advances to stakeholders, customers, and the media. • Author of more than 60 technology-specific articles and white papers.

Skills

  • Expert in enterprise HW / SW system development
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Software Development

Additional experience

  • Senior Vice President of Engineering

    SecureAuth Corporation

    December 2022 – September 2024

Education

  • PhD, Monash University
  • Post-Doc Research Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University