Technology Executive · PE Value Creation · Product Innovation
Work With Sean
A technology executive with a record of driving enterprise value in private equity-backed and high-growth companies — delivering turnarounds, scaling platforms for hyper-growth, and building AI-native products.
Available for fractional CTO/CIO, advisory, and board-level engagements that turn technology into a growth driver.
“I'm a technology executive who specializes in driving business transformation for PE-backed and high-growth companies. At AutoAnything, I led the technology side of a turnaround that grew revenue from $150M to $250M and restored profitability. More recently, I built the tech organization that enabled 200%+ headcount growth at TEAM RMS. As a founder, I now build and launch AI-native SaaS products — bringing that same blend of strategic leadership and hands-on product innovation to every engagement.”
Where Sean Creates Value
Five areas of impact, each backed by proof — not titles.
PE-Backed Turnaround & Value Creation
Leads technology organizations through complete business turnarounds, restructuring IT from a cost center into a strategic growth driver. Partners directly with private equity sponsors and boards to execute value creation plans.
- •Led technology for an e-commerce turnaround, growing revenue from $150M to $250M and restoring profitability from a monthly loss to $3M in annual profit.
- •Restructured the IT organization and presented strategic roadmaps to the Board of Directors, executing a plan that reduced IT operating expenses by 80%.
- •Architected a custom order management system and data pipelines connecting 100+ vendor feeds, increasing fulfillment rates for a $250M+ enterprise.
- •Accelerated technology delivery by 10x, launching a new gift card platform in 6 weeks.
High-Growth Scaling & Transformation
Builds and scales technology organizations, platforms, and processes to support rapid business expansion. Leads enterprise-wide digital transformations, replacing legacy systems to enable growth without proportional increases in operating expense.
- •Enabled 3x revenue growth and a 200%+ increase in headcount (50 to 190+) by building the technology organization and strategy from the ground up.
- •Managed a $1M+ technology budget, building an 8-person global team of engineers and analysts across onshore and nearshore locations.
- •Founded an enterprise-wide digital transformation, migrating from Microsoft Great Plains to NetSuite ERP and deploying Salesforce CRM.
- •Designed and implemented a central data warehouse (Azure SQL, Google BigQuery) to eliminate data silos and automate executive reporting.
Cybersecurity & Compliance Governance
Establishes and matures comprehensive security and compliance programs for highly regulated industries. Translates complex technical risk into board-level strategy, ensuring adherence to standards like SOC 2 and HIPAA.
- •Authored “Cybersecurity for CEOs,” an Amazon bestseller on managing cyber risk and building security-aware organizations.
- •Established SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance frameworks for a high-compliance HR and financial services firm, managing quarterly audits, penetration tests, and risk assessments.
- •Directed incident response for acquired companies facing data breaches, leading cloud vulnerability remediation and hardening security posture.
- •Architected Zero Trust architecture, network segmentation, and phishing-resistant MFA (Entra ID, CrowdStrike) to meet NIST 800-171 controls.
Product Innovation & AI Automation
Builds and operates commercial SaaS products and internal AI-driven tools that create new revenue streams and drive operational efficiency. Leverages modern serverless/edge architectures and AI agents to solve business problems.
- •Founded a SaaS product studio, personally building and launching a portfolio of AI-native products spanning developer tools, productivity, and AI.
- •Built an organic acquisition engine using technical SEO, growing portfolio traffic to over 80,000 monthly visitors with zero ad spend.
- •Built a custom AI/NLP tool that automated complex financial workflows, reducing manual processing time by 90% and labor requirements by 85%.
- •Engineered an AI-native game development pipeline using AI-generated assets and AI testing agents, targeting a 9-month delivery versus a conventional 4-year cycle.
Technology Modernization & Cost Optimization
Modernizes legacy infrastructure by migrating on-premise systems to scalable, high-availability cloud environments. Optimizes technology spend through vendor consolidation and efficient architectural design.
- •Re-platformed legacy on-premise systems to cloud-native PaaS (Azure, GCP), enabling a seamless transition to a fully remote workforce.
- •Designed and maintained infrastructure for 3 data centers and 30 remote locations at a major airline, ensuring 99.99% uptime for critical flight operations.
- •Built zero-waste serverless/edge stacks for a SaaS portfolio, maximizing gross margins by minimizing hosting costs.
- •Automated financial processes, reducing manual invoicing labor by 85% and cutting outstanding A/R balances by 50%.
Core Competencies
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