Shannon Humphrey

Shannon Humphrey serves as a key procurement professional within the Securities and Exchange Commission, overseeing acquisitions critical to the agency’s mission of market surveillance, fraud detection, and investor protection. Responsible for managing complex technology and data analytics contracts, Humphrey specializes in procuring advanced information systems that enable real-time market monitoring, regulatory reporting, and financial data aggregation. Their work directly supports the SEC’s strategic modernization of surveillance platforms and analytical infrastructure, ensuring compliance with federal securities laws through robust, scalable, and secure digital solutions. Humphrey maintains strong working relationships with leading federal contractors including General Dynamics Information Technology, Booz Allen Hamilton, Maximus Federal Consulting, Team GreenZone JV, and Procentrix, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with deep expertise in financial data analytics, cybersecurity, cloud-based intelligence platforms, and mission-critical system integration. The contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, agile development methodologies, and vendor capabilities aligned with the SEC’s high-integrity data environment. A defining feature of Humphrey’s procurement strategy is a 100% commitment to small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a steadfast dedication to socioeconomic diversity and equitable market access. All acquisitions are structured to prioritize small business participation, ensuring that innovative, niche-capable firms have meaningful opportunities to contribute to national financial oversight infrastructure. The primary NAICS focus areas—511210 (Software Publishers) and 517919 (Other Telecommunications Services)—highlight a specialization in custom financial software development, data analytics platforms, and secure communications systems. Humphrey consistently procures solutions involving machine learning for anomaly detection, real-time data pipelines, API-driven market feeds, and regulatory compliance automation, demonstrating deep technical fluency in the intersection of finance, data science, and federal IT procurement.