About Shawn Curtis

Shawn Curtis is an accomplished sales leader with extensive experience in payments and enterprise sales. Currently serving as the Director of Payments Sales at Solutions by Text since August 2024, Shawn Curtis has previously held significant roles, including Director of Sales at RepVue and Director of Enterprise Sales & Partnerships at Spreedly, where a team was led to achieve substantial revenue targets. Prior experience includes business consulting at Test Depth Coaching & Consulting and various sales positions at Spreedly where a record of exceeding quotas was established. Shawn Curtis's career began in the US Navy as a Naval Submarine Warfare Officer, demonstrating leadership in engineering and technical operations. Shawn Curtis holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Auburn University and completed Naval Nuclear Power School. Shawn Curtis was 17 on 9/11 and would enlist and leave for Navy Bootcamp on the 1-year anniversary, 9/11/2002. Made it through Nuclear Power School Went to a "C-School" to become a Chemistry & Radiological Controls Technician Selected to be a junior staff instructor at the nuclear training facility where Shawn Curtis had been trained Selected into the Navy's Seaman to Admiral 21 (STA-21) commissioning program Accepted to Auburn University as part of STA-21 and went off to officer school up in Rhode Island Arrived in Auburn, AL just 1 week after his first child was born Spent three years (9 semesters, including summers) earning a B.S. in Chemistry Studied a criminal amount and neglected his wife and children during that time, but got a 4.0 GPA (no one ever cared again) Commissioned as an Ensign in the US Navy Returned to Nuclear school in Charleston, SC Went to Submarine School in Groton, CT while his wife moved their family 3,000+ miles away to Bremerton, WA Reported to the USS Nevada (SSBN 733), drydocked at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Deployed immediately as a "rider" on the USS Kentucky (SSBN 737), worst experience of his life, first experience of detrimental mental health Returned and served about 30 months on Nevada, including 5 strategic deterrent patrols Got a call 2 days before last patrol, "Do you want to go to UNC? You have 60 minutes to decide." Moved to NC, having never before been there with wife and now 5 kids. Served as the Submarine Officer Instructor at UNC Chapel Hill; taught Naval Engineering. Six members of the UNC Women's Field Hockey team (including 1 future Olympian) took his class because they thought it would be an "easy A" - joke was on them. Separated from the Navy after 12 years and took his first "real" job as a Sales Engineer at Validic. Spent three years at Validic, became Director of Operations, effectively. Joined Spreedly as their first Sales Engineer. Met Ryan Walsh, future founder of RepVue Ryan encouraged Spreedly to pull him into sales. Became the first Enterprise Account Executive at Spreedly Made quota every year at Spreedly, but left in late 2019 to join a consulting firm Horrible, awful company run by a maniac (should've seen the signs) Covid hits, consulting business tanks, went part-time Got a professional coaching certification, helpful for raising teens Did freelance consulting during the pandemic to pay the bills Rejoined Spreedly as an ENT AE Ran Enterprise Sales at Spreedly Ran Key Accounts and Partnerships at Spreedly Building the sales team at RepVue, doubling ARR YoY