Lakewood Ranch tech company adds AI experts to executive team

Roper Technologies has added two executives to its leadership team, both in newly created roles centering around artificial intelligence.

Shane Luke was appointed Roper's senior vice president of AI, while Edward Raffaele was named vice president of AI engineering. The duo will focus on advancing AI capabilities across the company's portfolio of vertical software businesses to bring product innovation and long-term growth, according to a statement.

"AI represents a significant opportunity to strengthen the value our businesses deliver to their customers and drive higher levels of long-term growth for Roper," Roper Technologies President and CEO Neil Hunn says in a statement. According to Hunn, the duo possesses “deep expertise in AI strategy, development and implementation” that will help the company's businesses “amplify their current AI capabilities.”

Luke and Raffaele come to Roper from Workday, a cloud-based platform for managing HR, finance and AI agents. Luke had been vice president and general manager of AI and machine learning for the California-headquartered company, while Raffaele was vice president of AI.

Before Workday, Luke and Raffaele both held leadership positions at Nike; co-founded BlueMesh, an AI-powered enterprise collaboration platform; and worked for Recon Instruments, a technology company producing “smart glasses” that was acquired by Intel.

Roper Technologies, which posted $7.04 billion in revenue in 2024, designs and develops vertical software and technology-enabled products for a variety of niche markets.