Shawn has worked in New York City as a creative professional—writing, editing, performing, and teaching—for over twenty years. As a Senior Executive Coach with GK Training, he has helped top professionals in finance, law, pharmaceuticals, accounting, and advertising develop their skills in both written and oral communication. He also coaches PhD candidates at Columbia Business School, helping prepare them to enter the job market. With expertise in individual and group training, Shawn’s coaching practice is personal, tailored, effective, and engaging.

Shawn also serves as the company’s Content Director, helping to build customized training programs and deliverables for a wide range of clients, as well as overseeing GK’s online footprint.

As a writer and editor, he has worked in magazines (Departures, Food & Wine, Real Simple) and book publishing (Scholastic, Penguin), as well as developing original material for the theatre (Here, 45 Bleecker, Connelly Theatre, 3LD). An accomplished stage actor, his work has been seen in New York and across the country (twenty-three states and counting). Shawn has a degree in English and Theatre from the University of Delaware Honors Program, and is currently enrolled in the Quantic School’s Executive MBA program.