Tom Brannen is a fintech engineering, product, and change leader based in California who solves business problems by building scalable cloud-native systems and aligning product strategy with technology. As Director of Technology he has led architecture and delivery at banks and fintechs—most notably directing Silvergate’s blockchain and payments programs, supporting the $200M acquisition of Diem assets, and architecting a tokenized dollar deposit system on Ethereum alongside an AKS/Kubernetes production stack. He scales teams and platforms while institutionalizing DevSecOps, observability, and audit-ready governance to support high-volume payment flows. A finder and shaper of talent, he blends hands-on engineering with product leadership to ship secure, compliant systems. Early-career Peace Corps work implementing VM-based loan systems in Azerbaijan highlights his knack for pragmatic technology solutions in resource-constrained environments.
3 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Information Systems, Masters, Information Systems at University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business
B.S., Finance, B.S., Finance at University of Dayton
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