06/01/2026
Shining the spotlight on Limelight Member Sean McClain. He is the CEO and Principal CRM Engineer of Lakefront Data Solutions, a company that started in May of 2024. Sean is certified as a data engineer / ML engineer in most major cloud platforms and holds many platform certifications in Salesforce and other CRM platforms. Before starting his company, he managed data engineering and business intelligence at several agencies.
He grew up in Canton, Ohio. He attended The Ohio State University and earned a degree in business with a minor in entrepreneurship. After undergrad, Sean returned to the University of Akron to earn a MBA with a minor in computer science and analytics. He moved to Cleveland for a job in 2018 and where he met his wife Karen.
Outside of work Sean enjoys preparing for and racing in Ironman-distance triathlons. When he's not running, swimming, or biking, Sean plays and hosts Magic: The Gathering tournaments at local venues around Cleveland. The tournaments typically draw 80 - 100 attendees who compete for cash prizes and trophies. He also can be counted on to cheer on his wife on the weekends when she competes in horseback riding events.