Education
University of California, Davis
Juris Doctorate, -University of California, Davis
Master of Business Administration - MBA, -UCLA
BA Economics, BA Political Science, -Work Experience
Georgia Institute of Technology, Office of Commercialization
Current
Georgia Institute of Technology, Office of Commercialization
American Technology Venture Lab - ATVL
Current
American Technology Venture Lab - ATVL
Compatio AI
2022-04-01 - 2025-05-01
Compatio AI
Creative Destruction Lab
2020-01-01 - 2023-01-01
Creative Destruction Lab
EASY2U
2019-04-01 - 2021-12-01
EASY2U
THX Ltd.
2017-01-01 - 2018-01-01
THX Ltd.
PRIMA Cinema
2009-01-01 - 2017-01-01
PRIMA Cinema
matchmine
2007-06-01 - 2008-10-01
matchmine
Auditude Inc (Sold to Adobe)
2000-01-01 - 2007-01-01
Auditude Inc (Sold to Adobe)
Skills
Summary
Shawn is a senior strategic business development and operational executive with a passion for building from scratch, leveraging what exists, and dreaming up what needs to be. Throughout his career he has identified new market opportunities and created whole new categories of solutions to meet them. He loves the analysis and execution of growth opportunities and in playing a central role in effectuating those strategic plans. Most of all, Shawn enjoys tackling issues that others deem impossible and understands that relationships matter more in the digital world, not less. Shawn is a graduate of UCLA with Honors, and holds both a JD and MBA from UC Davis. He is a member of the Georgia Bar and a frequent lecturer on new venture formation and opportunity analysis at the undergraduate and graduate level. Specialties: Leading teams, Creating, and executing strategy, creating new channel ecosystems, product definition, business development and sales, strategic partnerships and alliances, fintech, licensing, building sales organizations, negotiating, monetization, complex transactions, intellectual property protection, fund raising