Shane Sturgeon
Experienced. Agile. Leader.
Engineering leader with 25+ years delivering software across healthcare, federal systems, and Agile organizations. Open to senior leadership roles and select fractional engagements.
25+ years delivering software across healthcare, federal, and regulated industries — from hands-on engineering to leading organizations of 25+. CareSource, Healthcare.gov, CMS QMARS. The range is intentional.
Not Agile-as-ceremony. Real Agile: iterative delivery, clear ownership, and the discipline to inspect and adapt. Built from scratch at a Medicaid payer, an airline, and a FedRAMP-authorized federal contractor.
Clear role separation, servant leadership, and a stubborn belief that well-led teams outperform poorly-led ones regardless of size. Teams scale through leadership leverage, not manager output.
Recent Writing
All posts →May 3, 2026
Stay on Target: How I Stopped Planning and Started Building a 20-Year-Old PHP Site
The hardest part of resurrecting a legacy project isn't the code. It's resisting the urge to rearchitect everything before you've gotten a single page to load.
April 17, 2026
Ground-Level: HDTV Magazine Revival — A 15-Week Build Log
I resurrected a dead website to stay sharp as an engineering manager — here's what 15 weeks of hands-on building actually looks like.
April 15, 2026
Leading in 4K: Why I Practice the Tech I Don't Touch at Work
Technical learning sticks when the subject matter has pull. Here's how I found a project that held my attention long enough to actually matter.
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