Summary
Shannon Warren is a seasoned technology leader and hands-on CTO-advisor with 11+ years of professional software experience and a long history of building and modernizing systems for Fortune 500s and startups alike. He combines deep PHP/JavaScript full‑stack expertise, API-first architecture and database design with practical DevOps and CI/CD implementations (Docker, Vagrant, Jenkins, UrbanCode) to deliver PCI‑compliant, test-driven solutions. As a co-founder and later CTO advisor at Convetit, and through roles at IBM, Bank of America and multiple startups, he has repeatedly moved legacy platforms to modern frameworks and automated lifecycles to scale teams and deployments. He pairs technical leadership with operational chops—from leading distributed teams and building deployment pipelines to implementing telephony and call-center integrations—grounded in prior military and investigations training that sharpens his discipline for secure, auditable systems.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Criminal Justice - Peace Officers Course, Criminal Justice - Peace Officers Course at Tarleton State University
Harvard Business School - United States Navy
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
B.S. in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism, B.S. in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism at Western Governors University
Computer Forensics, Computer Forensics at Carnegie Mellon University
English