Dan Cundiff

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Vice President of Cloud and Platform Engineering at Cencora

Evansville, Indiana, United States

Overview

Dan Cundiff is a technology executive with extensive experience leading cloud and platform engineering teams at Cencora, Gap Inc. , and Target. A Purdue University alumnus, he specializes in DevOps, API strategy, and enhancing developer productivity. Colleagues recognize him as a passionate, strategic leader with a talent for seeing the bigger picture and driving innovation.

He has a strong connection to Indiana, having received the Sagamore of the Wabash, the states highest honor, for distinguished service. Dan has also co-founded Sproutary, a cloud-based solution to help daycares improve the parent experience, showing his interest in leveraging technology to solve real-world problems.

Interesting fact: He is the top patent holder at Target, with inventions including a system for using augmented reality in a retail environment.

Personality Overview

Relationship Oriented

Enthusiastic

Imaginative

They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be.  They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships.

Topics They Care About

Platform Engineering
Currently VP of Cloud and Platform Engineering at Cencora and previously led teams at Gap Inc. focused on developer productivity and creating a 'Golden Path' for shipping software.
API Strategy
Led API Platform teams, developed next-gen API stacks, and has spoken at multiple conferences about API design, monitoring, and delivering APIs to production.
DevOps Culture
Featured in "The DevOps Handbook" and was a keynote speaker at DevOps Enterprise Summit, advocating for empowering engineers and breaking down organizational silos.

Media Appearances

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Work History

12-2025
Vice President of Cloud and Platform Engineering at Cencora
8-2022 - 12-2025
Senior Director at Gap Inc.
9-2021 - 7-2022
Senior Director at Gap Inc.
6-2021 - 9-2021
Senior Principal Software Engineer at Gap Inc.
8-2015 - 6-2021
Cofounder at Sproutary

Education

2001 - 2004
Bachelor of Science from Purdue University

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Insights For Selling To Dan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Do some small talk, ask them how things are going on their side
  • Talk about their team and how your product will help them do things better and easier
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee

DONT's

  • Don’t be excessively objective, be a storyteller
  • Avoid cutting into their flow
  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Dan is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Dan

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Dan move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Dan take some risk or not?

  • They may take certain risks that they deem unlikely of personal repercussions.

You And Dan

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