Summary
Sean Coleman is a security and compliance leader and founder with 11 years of experience guiding startups and small businesses through technical, operational, and regulatory challenges. Currently securing an AI-driven tax workflow platform, he has led two SOC 2 audits and implemented controls across IRS, CCPA, GLBA, and FTC Safeguards Rule requirements while integrating identity verification and enterprise authentication. He pairs hands-on engineering and product experience—from founding startups and scaling Tuft & Needle’s tech to rapid go-to-market builds like TRACK—with investor and board-level perspective as a private investor and advisor. Sean routinely bridges security, AI vendor risk, and product teams to operationalize compliance for emerging frameworks such as ISO 42001. As an educator who taught entrepreneurship at ASU for over a decade, he brings a practical, experiential approach to mentorship and early-stage company growth. Based in Phoenix, he prefers engagements where he can add operational value alongside capital, often stepping into interim CTO or fractional technology roles to accelerate outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Systems Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Computer Systems Engineering, Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University