Sand Solutions Hosting

President & Chief Technology Officer

Travis Watson founded Sand Solutions and leads the company’s strategic and technical direction as it delivers secure, compliant cloud and managed services to the federal contracting community. Under his leadership, Sand Solutions has achieved significant multi-year growth and expanded its U.S.-based data center footprint to support clients operating under FedRAMP and NIST 800-171 requirements.

With a background that includes senior roles at Deltek and PSINet, Travis brings over two decades of experience in enterprise application hosting, network engineering, and ERP systems integration. His expertise spans data warehousing, SQL optimization, and cloud infrastructure design for high-availability environments.

Travis remains focused on aligning technology with mission outcomes—helping organizations strengthen compliance, resilience, and operational performance through tailored cloud solutions.

Executive Vice President

David Shaffer has served as a trusted business advisor for multiple companies both for and not for profit industries. He has worked with companies that include manufacturing, government contracting, engineering, construction, health, distribution, services and information technology helping companies maximize performance through effective strategy, organizational efficiency and the use and integration of technology.

He has been recognized for his ability to effectively integrate all aspects of business including financial management, information systems, infrastructure, sales management, sales strategies and operations. He has assisted companies from executive strategic planning through operational and business process improvement opportunities to the selection and integration of Management Information Systems solutions. His accomplishments as a business owner include recipient of the Mark of Quality award based upon the Malcolm Baldrige national quality award for outstanding service, products and employee development.

David has held positions that range from CEO, Managing Director of Business Process Improvement and Information Systems services for international consulting and accounting firms, VP of Sales, COO and General Manager. He adds a support dimension to Sand Solutions that assist clients to effectively maximize their return on investment.

He has served on multiple Boards both in the corporate and education environments. His commitment to community has been recognized by several institutions including Long Beach College and Charter Hospital. David Holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University in Southern California and a Bachelor of Science degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

His dedication and commitment to helping his clients be successful is the cornerstone of his work ethic.

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

With more than 25 years of high-technology business development experience, Richard Kirby spearheads Sand Solutions Sales & Marketing efforts and plays a critical role in supporting Sand Solutions’ clients. For the last two years, Richard was with a CPA firm specializing in NIST/GDPR compliance and business systems for government contractors. Prior to that, Richard was instrumental in the growth of another service provider’s business, including internal and external operations efforts. Sand Solutions’ customers will benefit greatly from Richard’s deep knowledge of the government contracting compliance landscape, Deltek solutions, and ERP landscape.

Before joining Sand Solutions in 2018, Richard was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for another Deltek service provider, and prior to that position, an Alliance Partner Manager for Deltek. He was the in-house advocate for the partners and their needs within Deltek and provided frontline support for existing partners, recruited new ones, and expanded the subscription software business.

In the past, Richard excelled at Road Runner/Time Warner where he negotiated contracts and service agreements and resolved operational issues with key technology partners and online services, including CISCO, Microsoft, Motorola, Compaq, Nortel, Oracle, and others. This met operational requirements, while saving tens of millions of dollars and gaining favorable business terms. Other companies Richard has served include Freddie Mac, Best Software, and Quantum Design.

Richard earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of California, San Diego.

Vice President

Caron is responsible for the overall quality adherence of all employees, client deliverables and the contractual relationships Sand Solutions has with key Business Partners. With a strong and proven background in channel partner relationships and management, Caron brings her expertise to overseeing the relationships that Sand Solutions has with its Business Partners, software vendors and consulting firms. In addition, Caron provides guidance and direction relative to overall strategic planning, integration of products and services and personnel investment.

Caron holds a Master’s degree in Teaching from Boston University and a Bachelor’s degree in Communication from Tulane University. She is a resident of Southern Florida where she is actively involved with her family in community service, youth soccer, and a focus on youth education.

At Sand Solutions, our employees are our foremost resource. Our staff is one of the best in the business. As former Deltek® consultants, our team possesses an expertise in Deltek® products equaled only by Deltek®’s own professionals. This knowledge is a primary factor in our ability to provide custom interface development. We reinvest a significant part of our profits in cutting-edge technology to better serve our clients as well as offering our employees the best in resources.

We demand the same level of screening of our employees as do our government clients. Sand Solutions maintains a total commitment to security.

If you are seeking a challenging and interesting career, we welcome your inquiries.