Dan Brewer
Fractional CTO/CIO
Based in United States · 35+ years experience
Summary
Helping business leaders get the sand out of their technology gears
About
Deep Enterprise Mastery (34 Years): My pivotal years were spent building, scaling, and optimizing mission-critical enterprise systems and teams at a Fortune 50 Healthcare Leader. This provided unparalleled depth in large-scale system architecture, rigorous compliance (HIPAA, PCI), long-term strategic planning, and managing technology budgets.
Practical Small Business Roots: Early in my career, I gained firsthand experience with the operational efficiency and productivity needs of small businesses while developing software for a small print business during college.
Specialized Consulting Focus: Following my enterprise career, I chose to apply my knowledge in the SMB sector. As a Technology Consultant, I have focused on helping business leaders navigate critical IT decisions and deliver rapid, measurable ROI.
From the robust rigor of the Fortune 50 enterprise and my hands-on small business roots to my current consulting focus - I provide access to enterprise-grade strategy that is implemented with the speed and efficiency required by growing companies.
Technical Breadth: I have deep experience across the full spectrum of business technology:
Custom PC software in college: Pascal.
IBM System/390 mainframe: COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, SQL.
Multi-tier internet applications: Java 2 platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), DotNet (.NET), Oracle DBMS, Microsoft SQL Server, Apache HTTP Server, Microsoft IIS, Unix, and Windows Server.
Software-as-a-Service (Saas), Service Oriented Architectures, and public cloud services.
Trust Point: I know how to pick the best technology for your business.
Data-Driven Decisions: I built data transformations to accurately import acquired health plans, designed performance scorecards for vendors, and analyzed complex survey results.
Trust Point: I will help you leverage your business data to make smarter, profit-driving decisions.
Skills
Software Architecture, Platform Modernisation, Engineering Leadership, Vendor Management, DevOps, Data & AI
At a glance
Dan brings hands-on experience across Software Architecture, Platform Modernisation, Engineering Leadership, Vendor Management, DevOps, Data & AI.
How fractional CTO engagements with Dan work
Dan works on a fractional basis — typically one to three days a week for an agreed engagement length — so you get senior technical leadership without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire. Engagements commonly include technical due diligence, board reporting, engineering team leadership, technology strategy, architecture reviews, hiring support, and stepping in as interim CTO during a transition.