Results

    The situation. The mandate. The result.

    Operating work, supported outcomes and attribution.

    Founder-founded

    LaunchX

    +85%

    EBITDA

    Change in EBITDA over 12 months of the interim term. From Shawn's operating record; not audited.

    Situation
    Performance was slipping, priorities were scattered and the board wanted stability.
    Mandate
    Interim CEO, holding the CEO seat.
    Actions
    • Set immediate priorities.
    • Aligned the company on one operating plan.
    Outcome
    EBITDA rose 85% over 12 months.
    Attribution
    A company result, delivered by the LaunchX team with Shawn as interim CEO.
    Venture-backed

    Sixgill

    +500%

    Revenue

    Revenue growth over 20 months. From Shawn's operating record; not audited.

    $27.9M Series BFinancing closed. Capital raised, not revenue or profit.

    Situation
    A stalled technology company with no enterprise revenue.
    Investor
    DRW Capital, lead investor
    Mandate
    Revenue growth and financing.
    Actions
    • Repositioned the company for enterprise buyers.
    Outcome
    Revenue rose 500% over 20 months. Separately, the Series B closed.
    Attribution
    A company result, delivered by the Sixgill team.
    Current engagement

    Confidential AI security leader

    Situation
    An ongoing operating engagement at a confidential AI security leader with 400+ employees in 9 countries.
    Mandate
    Operating Partner to the CEO, a COO-level role supporting the CEO and C-suite.
    Actions
    • Runs daily operations and the cross-functional cadence across FP&A, Sales, Product and Engineering.
    • Leads strategic initiatives, including the M&A process with the bankers.
    • Led an AI transformation across 400+ employees in 9 countries.
    Outcome
    Engagement ongoing. No financial result is reported.
    Attribution
    Shawn runs the operating cadence; results belong to the company's leadership team.

    Founder exit

    Completed

    Persona · Founder-built data company

    AcquiredFounder & CEO · At exit

    Founder exit.

    Problem

    A data company in a category large platforms could build or buy.

    What Shawn did

    • Built the data asset to be defensible
    • Ran the company toward a sale

    More advisory and operating engagements

    Greenwald Doherty

    AI-enabled operations for the law firm.

    • Structured the product roadmap around firm capacity.
    • Clarified roles, ownership and operating cadence.

    Moove.ai

    Operating Partner to the CEO on strategy and capital, with expansion into Europe and the Americas.

    • Developed market-entry strategy and sequencing with the CEO.
    • Built automotive OEM and telecommunications relationships.
    • Translated the technology into partner-specific commercial value.

    nFlux.ai

    Operating Partner to the CEO through the 2025 acquisition by Invisible AI.

    The operating work was growth strategy and commercial positioning with the CEO.

    • Partnered with the CEO through the acquisition.
    • Worked with the CEO on growth strategy and commercial positioning.

    Citymaps

    Growth, strategic positioning and industry relationships for a mobile mapping company.

    • Advised leadership on growth and strategic positioning.
    • Supported industry relationships and enterprise-value decisions.

    Micello

    Capital formation and strategic positioning for an indoor-mapping platform.

    • Worked alongside leadership on capital formation.
    • Supported strategic positioning and the company's next stage of development.

    Impact4Good

    Day-to-day operations.

    • Ran day-to-day operations.

    Hearst Interactive Media — Management consultant

    Digital product strategy and platform architecture across industrial information properties.

    • Structured product, solution and content offerings into a unified digital experience.
    • Advised on the operating model across multiple properties.
    • Sequenced the platform build to preserve domain authority and user trust.

    Selected companies from Shawn's operating and advisory experience.

    • LaunchX
    • Sixgill
    • INRIX
    • Traffic.com
    • Persona
    • Moove.ai
    • nFlux.ai
    • Impact4Good
    • Greenwald Doherty
    • Hearst Interactive Media
    • Citymaps
    • Micello

    The record

    Figures from Shawn's operating record; not audited. Outcomes are company results. Past results do not guarantee future performance.

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