Shaun Dakin
Education
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Executive Education, Electronic Commerce and Marketing 1996-01-01 - 1996-01-01
Thunderbird School of Global Management
MBA, Marketing, Information Technology 1994-01-01 - 1995-01-01
Northern Virginia Community College
Course Work, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Statistics, Calculus 1993-01-01 - 1994-01-01
Colby College
BA, Government 1985-01-01 - 1989-01-01
The Harrow School, Harrow On The Hill, UK
A Levels, Politics, Economics 1984-01-01 - 1985-01-01
Salisbury School, Salisbury, CT
High School, High School Diploma 1981-01-01 - 1984-01-01Work Experience
Dakin Associates
Current
Dakin Associates
George Mason University
Current
George Mason University
The National Political Do Not Contact Registry - StopPoliticalCalls.org
2007-04-01 - 2014-08-01
The National Political Do Not Contact Registry - StopPoliticalCalls.org
Innovative Internet Messaging Solutions, LLC
2011-03-01 - 2012-12-01
Innovative Internet Messaging Solutions, LLC
Webbmedia Group
2010-12-01 - 2012-09-01
Webbmedia Group
Future of Privacy Forum
2010-11-01 - 2011-07-01
Future of Privacy Forum
The Motley Fool
2006-11-01 - 2007-01-01
The Motley Fool
IXI Corporation
2006-02-01 - 2006-10-01
IXI Corporation
Laureate Education, Inc
2005-01-01 - 2006-01-01
Laureate Education, Inc
Democratic National Committee
2004-09-01 - 2004-11-01
Democratic National Committee
Skills
Summary
Shaun Dakin is the Founder of Dakin Associates, a digital marketing, social media, communications and strategy consulting firm where he helps organizations optimize for measurable outcomes that create lasting change. He is also works as an advocate in data privacy as the co-founder of Privacy Camp, a series of "un" conferences on data privacy that have been held in DC, San Francisco, Toronto and Paris. @PrivacyCamp is one of the most followed twitter accounts in the world on data privacy issues. In the for profit arena, Shaun has led product and marketing strategy at FedEx, webMethods, Fannie Mae, Laureate Education, IXI Corporation and The Motley Fool. While at FedEx he was part of the team that launched FedEx.com, and brought tracking and shipping to the Internet. He was awarded the highest honor to a FedEx employee—the Five Star award—for leading the charge to develop a FedEx Shipping and Tracking API that resulted in significant revenue increases. In the nonprofit category, he was the founder and CEO of The National Political Do Not Contact Registry (NPDNC or StopPoliticalCalls.org) where he became the country's most recognized advocate for voter privacy rights and grew the organization to over 500,000 members. He is regularly seen on national TV, heard on the radio, and written about in the press. In 2008 he testified at the US Senate on the tragedy of political robocalls. In 2008, he also received the Mashable.com Open Web Award for the top non-profit in the nation to use social media. In 2014 StopPoliticalCalls.org formed a partnership with Nomorobo.com a successful technology company fighting ALL robocalls, commercial and political. He holds a BA in Government from Colby College and an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management. Shaun Dakin lives in Falls Church, VA. Specialties: - Privacy - Mobile - Technology - Social Media - Web 2.0 - Non Profit Management - Product management - Strategy - New product development - Innovation - Ideation / Concepting - Strategic alliances / partnerships - Technology marketing (Market Driven) - Marketing - Database marketing - Direct marketing - Training - Organizational development - Change management - Brainstorming / mind mapping
