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Brett FarmiloeBrett Farmiloe is the Founder & CEO of Featured.com, a knowledge-sharing platform powering expert-driven content across more than 2,500 media outlets. Under his leadership, Featured has scaled to process over 1 million contributions from a growing network of 50,000+ experts—leveraging custom-built systems to manage high-volume data, content pipelines, and contributor workflows.
In 2025, Brett led the acquisition and modernization of HARO (Help a Reporter Out), rebuilding its core infrastructure to support more reliable query delivery, source matching, and editorial tools at scale. His experience spans technical product strategy, systems thinking, and scaling content marketplaces.
He writes about platform architecture, expert systems, and the backend mechanics that power content distribution at scale. His insights have appeared in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and TIME.
01ArticleHow Software Engineers Get Featured in the MediaArticle · Brett Farmiloe · Jun 30
02ArticleUnderstanding Database ScalabilityWelcome to our deep dive into the world of database scalability. This essential aspect of database management often seems complex, but it's crucial for businesses of all sizes. In this blog post, we'll unravel the intricacies of database scalability, exploring its importance, how it works, and how to achieve it. We'll also delve into the challenges that may arise and how to overcome them. So, let's embark on this journey of understanding database scalability together.Article · Brett Farmiloe · Nov 7