Shawn has been in the insurance industry since 1994 and prior to that he worked in the financial services industry for three years. He has a strong accounting background holding key positions such as internal auditor, corporate controller, and insurance operations team leader for the Montana State WC Fund.

Shawn is a graduate of Carroll College in Helena, Mont., and holds undergraduate degrees in Accounting and Business Administration. He is a Certified Public Account (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), CIC (Certified Insurance Counselor), Certified School Risk Manager (CSRM), and is currently pursuing his Chartered Property Causality Underwriter (CPCU) certification. Shawn has worked in the pooling sector since 2002. He is a past president of both the Montana WC Self Insurance Association board of directors and Association of Governmental Risk Insurance Pools (AGRIP).

He has presented regularly at AGRIP conferences in the area of Insurance Pooling Basics and has served as a guest speaker on financial pooling topics for online classes in the certification track of the Essentials in Risk Pool Management. He has been a guest speaker as part of the Superintendent Graduate degree program at Montana State University on school insurance topics.