Shan is the founder of Foci Solutions. He started and grew a number of IT start-ups early in his career during the late 90’s and early 2000’s, before joining one of the top global consulting firms, where he spent the majority of his career working on large technology delivery projects. Shan is also one of the co-founders for The HumanIT Project, a non-profit initiative to help social impact organizations better leverage technology to improve program effectiveness and efficiency. Shan has been recognized as one of Ottawa’s Forty Under 40 for his professional achievements and community leadership.

Shan loves to analyze and solve problems, seeking to understand every detail and challenging every assumption. He has a reputation for asking tough questions. He believes that dancing around issues and beating around the bush will obfuscate the real root causes, and that truly thorough analysis requires frank conversations. For Shan, outcome is everything. All process and technology decisions must be made to support the desired objectives and outcomes, not for the sake of process and technology themselves.

His deeply analytical approach extends beyond just his professional life, but into his hobbies as well. All of his hobbies somehow turn into either scientific experiments or engineering projects: molecular gastronomy, crawling auto racing technical forums, and woodworking.