Sheila Brown

Ms. Sheila Brown founded QuantiTech in 1991 as a Woman-Owned Small Business providing engineering expertise and management advisory services to both Government and Commercial Customers. QuantiTech is headquartered in Huntsville, AL and has grown to over 800 employees located in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. As Founder, she created the corporate vision, mission, and family oriented corporate culture that are the cornerstones of QuantiTech’s success. Ms. Brown retired from QuantiTech in 2018 and currently serves on the Board of Directors. She and her husband, Tucker, split their time between Huntsville, AL and Santa Rosa Beach, FL.

Ms. Brown was an Organizer of Progress Bank; a state-chartered, locally owned and managed Community Bank established in 2007. She has served on the Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Human Resources and Governance Committee since the bank’s inception. Ms. Brown was instrumental in three successful capital campaigns; raising over $30M, $7.2M, and $7.6M. Progress Bank has grown to over $1.3B in assets with nine locations and more than 170 employees. S&P Global Market Intelligence highlighted Progress Bank in their rankings; a distinction given only to institutions who are well-capitalized and meet stringent regulatory and financial standards.

Ms. Brown is a Trustee Emeritus of the Huntsville Hospital Foundation and served as Co-Chairman of the HHF Classic; helping raise funds to purchase a Mobile Medical Unit for the hospital. She was a member of the Huntsville Leadership Class 10 and served as day chair for Class 11. Ms. Brown has also served on the Board of Directors for the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce, Cummings Research Park, the Arts Council, and is a past-president of the Women’s Economic Development Council.

Ms. Brown holds a BE in Civil Engineering from Vanderbilt University and completed the Minority Business Executive Program at the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.