Shallon Brown
Fractional CTO | Saved 250+ Companies $1.2B+ | TECHNICAL READINESS FRAMEWORK™ | Technical Due Diligence & Strategic Advisory | SaaS Cost Optimization & Open Source Migration| Ph.D. in Information Systems Engineering
- Role
- Solutions Architect and Technical Lead at Sanametrix, Inc
- Location
- Reston, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Shallon Brown
As a Fractional CTO with a Ph.D. in Information Systems Engineering and 20+ years of executive leadership, I help growth-stage companies ($20-60M revenue) and their investors navigate Series B/C technical challenges with confidence. Through proven methodologies in cloud optimization, technical due diligence, and strategic architecture planning, I\'ve saved over 30 companies more than $1.2 billion by transforming technical chaos into a competitive advantage. Unlike general fractional CTOs, my specialized focus on growth-stage scaling challenges, combined with hands-on experience conducting technical due diligence for investors and building at enterprise scale (DOE, Expedia, Sony), enables me to provide strategic technical guidance that drives measurable results and investor confidence.
Experience
Solutions Architect and Technical Lead
Jan 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Led enterprise-scale digital transformation and modernization initiatives for federal clients, including a page migration from ASP.NET to Drupal 10, resulting in a 67% post-launch productivity increase. Guided strategic engineering decisions, product roadmaps, and cloud optimization strategies to support growth-stage scalability and investor-readiness objectives.Partnered closely with sales, product, and executive leadership to shape presales proposals and align solution architectures with long-term funding and compliance requirements. Drove the adoption of containerized environments, automated CI/CD pipelines, and multi-cloud infrastructure to accelerate delivery and reduce operational costs.Key Achievements:Directed Drupal 8 → 10 migration across distributed teams using MySQL, containers, and Agile workflows.Integrated LLMs and AI/ML solutions to enhance usability, automate QA, and strengthen compliance tracking.Managed Azure and AWS DevOps pipelines, significantly improving deployment velocity and cloud efficiency.Delivered technical architecture and modernization strategies that supported agency oversight, scalability, and investor due diligence.
Education
University of Maryland Global Campus
Master's Degree, Management Information Systems
2008 — 2011
Bloc
Full Stack Web Developer, Web Development
2019
Capella University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Systems Engineering, Specialization - Adult IT Education
2014 — 2016
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science
2001 — 2005
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