A lifetime in technology. Now working for you.
Shaun Williams is the founder of Rade Engineering and an enterprise architect who has been building software since 1988, when he wrote his first program at age ten. His work has centered on Fortune 500 enterprise software since 2000 — from global consultancies to his own practice to today's enterprise architecture and business transformation — with a boutique iOS studio that shipped 50+ apps for small businesses along the way. Rade Engineering is where he brings that Fortune 500 discipline down to small businesses and families.
The same rigor I bring to Fortune 500 systems — right-sized for a small business or a family, and delivered by the person doing the work. It's independent, personalized, and direct.
Enterprise architecture & business transformation
Today I work in enterprise architecture and business transformation for a Fortune 500 enterprise-software company, aligning business strategy with IT infrastructure. I design technology roadmaps, evaluate software and hardware, and establish governance that improves efficiency, reduces redundancy, and manages technical debt across the organization.
App studio & consulting
I took what I'd learned in the Fortune 500 and brought it to small businesses. Mobile was booming, so I ran a boutique iOS app studio that shipped 50+ apps (2010–2015), alongside enterprise consulting. That's where I learned what small businesses actually need from software — and what they don't.
Enterprise software for the Fortune 500
I spent a decade building enterprise software for Fortune 500 companies — first at Capgemini, then at a global enterprise-software company, then through my own independent consulting practice. Same pattern as always, just a far larger scale: understand the business problem — in finance, supply chain, manufacturing, or logistics — then design and build the system that solves it. The industries varied — oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, retail, agriculture — but the discipline didn't.
The foundation — learning the craft
I wrote my first program at ten and sold one at twelve — and I was hooked. A mentor who ran a small computer-repair and software shop took me under his wing, and I spent my formative years — before college — building software, computers, and networks. The fundamentals he taught me haven't changed: understand the problem, keep the solution simple, and make sure it still works after you leave.