SDVOSB · LOUISBURG NC
Bring order to tech chaos. Set the standard for marketing performance.
Scorpion Five Technologies is a technology firm that does digital marketing, and a digital marketing firm that builds technology. Founded by engineers with Defense and Intelligence pedigree, built for businesses that need the work done right the first time.
Deep Technical Expertise
Advanced capabilities in expert hands
Compliance Mastery
Forged by securing classified systems.
SEASONED EXPERT OWNERSHIP
Matched to your work – owns the results
SDVOSB CERTIFIED
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
HOW WE WORK
Expertise that shows up on day one.
Three things that, together, you won’t find at most firms.
Your expert owns the work.
We don’t assign whoever’s available — we match an expert to your situation. They have done the work themselves, they command a network of specialists when the problem needs more hands, and they are accountable to you directly. This is not a project manager passing tickets to a junior team.
Built by engineers.
Our founders built large-scale distributed systems and accredited defense platforms before they ever wrote a marketing plan. That engineering foundation is why our ad infrastructure, our analytics, and our automation are instrumented like production software — monitored, tested, and owned.
The bigger picture, every time.
A paid media campaign that conflicts with your operations is a liability. A custom app that ignores your marketing goals is wasted spend. Every engagement starts by mapping the work into the broader shape of your business — so the piece we build fits the whole.
Marketing Programs and Technology Builds. One standard of work.
Technology builds are fixed-scope engagements — scoped, quoted, and delivered. Marketing programs are ongoing expert ownership of a channel. Most clients start with one and add the other when they see how the two sides inform each other.
TECHNOLOGY BUILDS
Built by people who understand what comes after launch.
Scoped engagements where the deliverable is a system, a platform, or a roadmap — built by a team that also runs the marketing those systems are meant to support.
MARKETING PROGRAMS
Run on infrastructure we built ourselves.
Ongoing ownership of a marketing channel by a seasoned expert, backed by custom tooling, data pipelines, and analytical infrastructure that only a technology firm can build in-house.
WHY IT WORKS
Each side of the firm makes the other one better.
Most agencies do marketing or technology. The ones that claim to do both usually do one well and outsource the other. S5T was built so the two sides reinforce each other — and that structural advantage shows up in the work.
MARKETING PROGRAMS
Our marketing programs run on tooling we built ourselves — algorithmic monitoring, custom attribution models, and data pipelines that would cost a pure agency six figures to commission and a year to integrate. We don’t commission them. We build them, because we are a technology firm. When a campaign needs a custom data source, a new integration, or an analytical capability that doesn’t exist off the shelf, we don’t file a ticket with a vendor. We build it and ship it the same quarter.
TECHNOLOGY BUILDS
Every system we build is shaped by what we know about how businesses actually grow — because we run those growth programs ourselves. The website isn’t just technically sound; it’s architected around conversion paths we’ve tested on real campaigns. The ecommerce platform isn’t just functional; it’s instrumented for the attribution and analytics that paid media demands. Most dev shops build what’s specced. We build what works, because we know what “works” looks like from the marketing side.
THE MODEL
Your work runs under one expert. That doesn’t change.
Most firms assign a senior name to the proposal, then hand the work to whoever is available. We don’t. Every engagement is owned by a seasoned expert we match to your situation — not a project manager, not an account lead, not a junior passing tickets up a chain.
That person has the technical depth to do the work themselves, and the business sense to make the right call when the spec breaks contact with reality. They command a network of specialists when the problem needs more hands, but the ownership does not move. You always know who is responsible.
Why this matters to you:
- Questions get answered by the person who can actually answer them.
- Decisions happen in the room, not after a round of internal meetings.
- When something goes sideways, the accountable party is the same person you hired.
“…Their balanced combination of technical depth, business acumen, and enablement mindset makes them a strong partner for this kind of journey.”
Work worth pointing at.
Real engagements. Documented across technology and marketing.
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Cybersecurity & ComplianceDigital MarketingDigital TransformationWeb DevelopmentDigital Transformation in Healthcare: Prime MD’s Journey Toward a Sophisticated Digital Enterprise
A premium med spa needed to escape vendor lock-in, rebuild their entire web presence in three weeks, and begin building toward HIPAA compliance. One PI owned every line of effort — from the emergency rewrite through the first compliance milestone.
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Cloud EngineeringCybersecurity & ComplianceEnterprise SystemsLegacy ModernizationSaaS Modernization: Empowering Multi-Tenant Architecture Development at Alessa
S5T mapped the engineering gaps in Alessa’s aging cloud infrastructure, drove the multitenant modernization plan, and built the internal capability for Alessa engineers to own and operate the architecture going forward.
WHO WE SERVE
Three kinds of clients.
If you see yourself below, a discovery conversation is worth your time.
THE GROWTH-STAGE OWNER
You built it. Then you outgrew it.
You run a successful small business in a regulated industry— a med spa group, a legal practice, a financial services firm. You’ve outgrown the patchwork of tools and part-time vendors that got you here. Now you want seasoned expertise. Someone that has built real systems and sophisticated marketing plans. Someone who will learn how your business operates and use holistic tech and marketing approaches to support your growth.
THE COMPLIANCE-BOUND TECHNICAL BUYER
The spec is hard. The compliance floor is harder.
You’re a Director, VP, or CTO at a company whose software has to satisfy FedRAMP, CMMC, HIPAA, or some other complex regulation. You’ve been burned by vendors who claimed compliance fluency and couldn’t perform. You want a team whose founders actually shipped advanced accredited systems, and who can walk your auditors through the work and achieve favorable outcomes.
THE MISSION OWNER
Government PMs, directors, and COs.
You’re a program manager, contracting officer, or technical lead inside DoD, the IC, or other heavily compliance-bound agency. You need contractors who deliver on time, own their deliverables, and have a history of building and successfully accrediting advanced software and cloud systems. Our founders have done exactly that. Checkout our capabilities statement to learn more.
Discovery calls are a conversation, not a sales pitch. 30 minutes, no obligation.