Brian Shannon

Brian Shannon joins CentralSquare Technologies as Chief Technology Officer, bringing over 30 years of technology and leadership experience in architecting scalable platforms, executing AI transformations, and driving operational excellence across global enterprise software organizations.

Most recently, Shannon served as CTO at Flexera, where he unified technology architecture across more than 20 acquisitions, launched the Technology Intelligence Platform, built an AI-native product strategy, and transformed a global engineering culture focused on predictable delivery, high product quality, and cloud efficiency. Prior to Flexera, he was Vice President of Platform Engineering at ServiceNow, where he led platform engineering supporting a $4B business and helped scale key revenue-generating platform products. Shannon has also held senior executive roles at GE Healthcare (API Healthcare), leading cross-functional teams across engineering, product management, and UX.

As a seasoned technologist and operational strategist, Shannon holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego, along with multiple patents in healthcare technologies. At CentralSquare, Brian leads the engineering and technology organization driving platform modernization, delivering high-impact AI innovation, and strengthening mission-critical technology solutions for public safety and public administration clients.