Shannon Garrahy brings a broad base of experience in deploying technology to transform business practices and creating systems that realize new opportunities.

Classically trained in software development using C, Java, Delphi and others, Shannon taught himself PHP and typically leverages agile methodologies in his projects. Prior to joining Accella, Shannon spent over four years in a leadership role developing a partner portal platform using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and other open source technologies which allowed tens of thousands of users worldwide to access marketing materials, training, register sales leads and request Marketing Development Funds (MDF). Shannon has enjoyed success with small businesses and larger businesses including Palm, Informatica, Arrow ECS, Ipswitch and ExactTarget.

Shannon is an alumnus of Bond University located on the beautiful Gold Coast in his native Australia. After completing his Bachelors degree in Information Technology with majors in Software Development and Multimedia Design, he went on to attain a Masters of Information Technology Management. Shannon followed his wife to the US and spent several years in Silicon Valley before moving to to the East Coast. Shannon now lives in Severna Park, Maryland with his wife Jena and young sons Rhys and Owen. He is very active in his spare time enjoying ultimate frisbee, basketball, running and adventuring with his family.

Recent blog posts

• Content Mangement Systems where the user just manages content?
• What are the dangers of using code that is posted online as opposed to developing the code yourself? Is there any reason to not use it?
• Redirect drupal comment submissions to the page the user commented on