William Shane Burrell · Technology Executive
Fix expensive, slow, or risky delivery systems
Twenty-five years building engineering teams, shipping products, and leading technology transformations—from founding companies to Fortune 500 scale. Today I help leaders tackle their hardest platform, cloud, and AI delivery challenges without sacrificing quality, security, or team trust.
Selective advisory on high-stakes platform, cloud, and AI adoption decisions—grounded in decades of hands-on engineering, product delivery, and executive leadership.
Apps & tools I've shipped
Hands-on product work from concept to App Store and beyond—plus developer tools I build and use daily.
Shanecode Tools
47+ browser-based developer tools for JSON, YAML, regex, DevOps, and more. Fast, private, and free.
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Modern cloud-native Git hosting with CI/CD, issues, and collaboration built in.
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RelaTrack
Enterprise relationship intelligence and network analysis platform.
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21+ Age Check ID Scanner
Fast 2D ID barcode scanner for age verification. Privacy-focused, no data storage.
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Field Contact Scanner
Scan and manage field contacts for law enforcement and public safety workflows.
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ClipNom
Lightweight clipboard history manager for Mac. In-memory only, privacy-first.
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Technology leadership and strategy from 25+ years in the field
Measuring AI-Assisted Engineering: The Metrics That Matter (and the Ones That Lie)
License counts and anecdotal speedups do not prove AI adoption is working. An executive framework for baselines, outcome metrics, review burden, platform-fit signals, and governance—so leaders know whether AI is changing economics or just accelerating the wrong architecture.
Technical Due Diligence for Acquirers and Boards: What a Real Technology Review Looks Like
Most technology due diligence is a tool checklist that misses integration risk. An executive framework for what actually predicts post-acquisition failure—cloud debt, delivery collapse, AI governance gaps, and platform maturity—and how to run a two-week review that informs the deal.
The Day After Migration: Why Cloud Savings Disappear — and How to Keep Them
Cloud migrations win headlines, but savings often creep back within 18 months. How to institutionalize cost discipline, engineering guardrails, and reliability tradeoffs so your migration dividend actually sticks.