Shawn founded Windpact, developing the award-winning Crash CloudTM impact protection prominently featured in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History exhibition, “Change Your Game,” as well as the USPTO Invention Hall of Fame. His innovations have enhanced safety across sports, military, and automotive industries, earning multiple NFL Head Health Tech Challenge awards and contracts with the Department of Defense.

He also founded InnateIQ, an AI-driven platform empowering small and medium-sized manufacturers to scale effectively. Shawn regularly invests in startups focused on artificial intelligence, industrial technology, and sports, leveraging strategic partnerships with premier universities, Fortune 500 companies, and an extensive network of industry experts.

Today, Shawn leads The Agena Group, utilizing its advanced AI platform to invest in and identify transformative ventures addressing critical challenges in safety, sustainability, industrial innovation, and community development.

As a speaker, Shawn delivers sophisticated yet actionable insights into innovation, leadership, andsuccessful career transitions, uniquely combining perspectives from elite athletics with impactful entrepreneurship.