Altering the active state airflow table seems to be helpful. When cold I brought the values up to be close to the cranking IAV DC and the engine starts. There is still the bump down visible, but the engine continues to run and warm up.
For sure I need to adjust the IGN PID and the values for IAV in the active state airflow table to match the desired RPM (target) so the PID would not introduce to much change on either direction.