Engineering Leadership · New Jersey

Arin Lipman

VP of Technology Strategy, Architecture & Information Security

I scale engineering teams

Engineering leader with 19+ years building and scaling teams, modernizing architecture, and standing up the security programs that let the business move fast without breaking trust.

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Arin Lipman
19 +
Years in software
6 → 30 +
Team scaled
SOC 1 & 2
Audits cleared
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Recognition

OnCon Icon Awards · 2026

Top 50 Information Security Professional

About

From chaos to lean, agile delivery.

I lead engineering organizations through the messy middle — taking teams from chaotic, ad-hoc practices to lean, agile delivery, and taking codebases from brittle monoliths to scalable, containerized services.

Over five years I grew development from a handful of engineers to 30+ across seven focused teams, re-architected our platform off bare metal, and built an information security program that clears annual SOC 1 & SOC 2 Type II and customer audits. I split my time between technical strategy, architecture decisions, and the people work that makes both stick.

Leadership

How I build teams.

Chaos to cadence, people past the roles I gave them, and systems built for the next 10x — without slowing the business or spending its customers’ trust.

01

Grow people, not just headcount

Mentorship and specialization scale an org further than hiring alone. The goal is engineers who outgrow the roles you gave them.

02

Chaos into cadence

I meet teams where they are, then move them to a lean, agile rhythm — without breaking the momentum that got them there.

03

Architect for the next 10x

Decompose what is brittle before it breaks. Design for the scale you do not have yet, so growth is a tailwind instead of a fire.

04

Security is an enabler, not a gate

The right controls let the business move fast and keep customer trust. Audits become a byproduct of how you already work.

05

Lead by doing

I stay in the code and the architecture. Credibility with engineers comes from still being able to do the work beside them.

Experience

Nineteen years, one throughline: scale what works.

  1. VP of Technology Strategy, Architecture & Information Security

    Dec 2020 – Present

    Intelligent Audit · New Jersey Current

    • Grew development teams from 6 to 30+ engineers, organized into 7 area-focused teams to drive productivity and specialization.
    • Architected the migration from a bare-metal monolith to containerized microservices, improving scalability and maintainability.
    • Own the information security program end to end — clearing annual SOC 1 & SOC 2 Type II and customer audits, and authoring aligned policies and procedures.
    • Modernized identity and access management with AD, MFA, and SSO.
    • Built a developer mentoring program and served as SCRUM Master for US teams, mentoring new SCRUM Masters.

  2. Lead Developer

    May 2016 – Dec 2020

    Intelligent Audit · New Jersey

    • Partnered directly with the CEO on high-impact logistics audit and accruals projects.
    • Led migration of legacy PHP 5 to PHP 7, improving performance and security.
    • Designed an audit logging system handling 100,000+ daily transactions.
    • Served as backup systems administrator and led large-scale, cross-functional delivery.

  3. Product Manager — Mobile Solutions

    May 2012 – Jan 2016

    Information Builders · New York

    • Led design and development of the company's first Mobile WebFOCUS app for iOS & Android.
    • Partnered with Docs, Marketing, and Sales to launch mobile as a core product offering.
    • Introduced the SCRUM framework, improving delivery times and team dynamics.

  4. Application Developer

    May 2009 – Jan 2016

    Information Builders · New York

    • Built a Java tool for import/export of dashboard gadgets using Base64 for cross-platform compatibility.
    • Created dynamic Web 2.0 apps with jQuery, AJAX, and JSON.
    • Administered Redmine and Subversion, improving development workflow.

  5. Technical Support Representative

    May 2007 – May 2009

    Information Builders · New York

    • Provided level-one support across the WebFOCUS product family.
    • Configured test environments across platforms and multiple RDBMS.
    • Supported .NET and Java applications using WebFOCUS SOAP web services.
Expertise

Where I operate.

Leadership

  • Team scaling
  • Agile / SCRUM
  • Mentoring programs
  • Vendor management
  • Cross-functional delivery
  • AI strategy & adoption

Architecture

  • Microservices
  • Containers
  • Monolith decomposition
  • API design
  • Cloud migration
  • AI/LLM adoption

Security

  • SOC 1 & 2 Type II
  • IAM (AD / MFA / SSO)
  • Policy & procedure
  • Audit & assessment
  • AI security & governance

Engineering

  • PHP
  • Java (SE/EE)
  • JavaScript
  • SQL
  • Objective-C
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • SQL Server
  • Git
  • AI-assisted development

Education

Binghamton University · B.S., Computer Science · 2006

Contact

Let's talk about building and scaling your engineering org.

Open to leadership conversations, advisory, and the right next opportunity.

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