Summary
Surya Suravarapu is a senior product leader specializing in AI-driven marketplaces and next-generation HealthTech solutions, with over 15 years of experience and two decades of industry impact. Currently Sr. Director at Optum, he built and scaled an AI marketplace and a 700+ API portfolio that enabled rapid customer integration and significant revenue growth. His background spans product leadership at Change Healthcare and McKesson, where he led acquisitions, launched e-commerce-style RCM experiences, and scaled platforms to handle billions of transactions. Known for blending customer-driven insight with technical rigor, he turns complex healthcare workflows into intuitive, interoperable products that measurably improve outcomes. He combines hands-on engineering roots and an MS in Computer Science with a talent for cross-functional team building, often stepping into technical leadership roles post-acquisition to stabilize and scale offerings. Outside the obvious metrics, he has a knack for shipping high-impact prototypes quickly—demonstrated by rapid delivery of hypothesis-driven value-based payment solutions in startup and corporate settings.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Villanova University
Bachelors of Engineering, Bachelors of Engineering at Osmania University