Systems & digital strategy for organizations in motion.

Most organizations don't need another tool. They need an architecture — strategy, websites, CRM, data and automation, and the operating model that holds them together.

The system behind the website

A website is one component, not the system.

Each tool works on its own. They were never designed as one system — and growth is what exposes that.

  1. Website
  2. Intake & forms
  3. Contact database
  4. Segmentation
  5. Communications
  6. Events
  7. Workflows
  8. Reporting
  9. Governance

I architect the whole chain — then stay hands-on while it gets built.

Shirah M. Brown, Philadelphia
About

Hi, I'm Shirah.

Good systems create clarity. The best ones make room for people.

For fifteen years I've stepped into complex, tangled work — technology, workflows, data, and the processes wrapped around them — and made it move forward with confidence.

I care as much about the people using a system as the system itself — governance that holds, platforms that scale, decisions that stick, never at the expense of the humans on the other side of the screen. Philadelphia-based; I played Division I lacrosse, which is where I learned to lead under pressure and be the reliable one when it counts.

How I work

Builder + operator = architect operator.

I envision and build complex systems, and I bring the operational discipline to execute, scale and keep improving them.

Assess & diagnose

A current-state read on the systems, the data, the workflows and who owns what, including the parts nobody has written down. Then the truth about what's working, what's costing you and what to fix first.

Architect & align

Target-state architecture across websites, CRM, engagement platforms, events, integration and identity. How the systems fit together — ownership, data flow, governance — at the scale the organization can actually absorb.

Lead & operate

Multi-million-dollar initiatives and executive reporting. I've run the programs, not just advised on them, so the roadmap gets delivered.

Services

Scoped to the problem, not a template.

I work with organizations that need senior systems leadership without a full-time hire — during a transformation, a platform migration, a leadership gap, or a moment when the roadmap is bigger than the team.

For small and midsize organizations, founder-led businesses, associations and nonprofits, campaigns, and public-facing teams in growth or transition.

Ongoing

Fractional executive

Part-time leadership as fractional CIO/CTO, solution architect, or platform lead. I own the strategy and the outcomes, sit in your leadership conversations, and steer delivery.

Typical: monthly retainer · 3–12 months
Focused

Advisory & assessment

A focused engagement to answer a specific question: Is this platform strategy sound? What should our CRM and data architecture actually look like? Build, buy, or consolidate? A clear diagnosis and a prioritized plan.

Typical: 2–6 weeks
Hands-on

Transformation lead

Hands-on leadership of a defined initiative — a migration, a consolidation, a CRM/CX rebuild, M&A systems integration. I run governance, vendors, and delivery end to end.

Typical: project-based, scope-dependent
Capabilities

What I work across.

Systems & digital strategy

Know where you are, then design where you’re going.

  • Platform audits
  • Target-state architecture
  • Digital roadmaps
  • Tool rationalization
  • Governance design
  • Platform selection

Digital experience & engagement

Sites built to feed the systems behind them.

  • Website strategy & build
  • Information architecture
  • Forms & intake
  • Events & registration
  • Email & outreach
  • Analytics

CRM, data & automation

Deep Salesforce competency; the architecture decision comes first.

  • CRM architecture
  • System of record
  • Segmentation
  • Workflow automation
  • Integrations
  • Data quality
Recent work

Digital strategy & design, built to run.

A sample of recent work, described by sector.

Local business

Websites & digital presence

Website rebuilds and online-presence reviews for Philadelphia small businesses: clearer structure, current content and a path to booking.

Campaigns & advocacy

Campaign management & remediation

Digital management for campaigns and advocacy efforts, from site, analytics and email to the voter file through press prep and outreach tracking. For sites or materials that aren't working, a fast audit and fixes on the platform already in use.

Community & membership

Brand & web systems

Brand guides, domains and websites for a neighborhood civic organization and a new social club, including a replicable site template and an events calendar kept current automatically.

Media

Product catalog & price book

Designed the end-to-end Salesforce product catalog and price book strategy for a cybersecurity media company's sales organization.

Association software

Member experience & portal design

Designed a member community prototype on a Salesforce-native association management platform, with the data model and demo data behind it.

Healthcare

Net-new CRM architecture

Architected and implemented a new Salesforce org for a dental group, from edition selection and data migration to automated follow-up cadences.

Proof

The shape of the work.

15+
years leading enterprise platform & systems programs
$3M+
in programs & managed services led across sectors
20+
cross-functional delivery team members led at once
10
sectors, from retail to healthcare
Credentials

Let's talk about what you're trying to move.

Bring me the problem.