Shawn is a security risk management and red teaming expert with 15 years of experience across finance, big-tech, law enforcement, and consulting. He has worked with U.S. Bank, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, Facebook (Meta), and Pine Risk Management to build new programs and teams that keep the community, employees, and businesses secure. Shawn developed the first Global Security Risk Management and Red Teams at Meta, focused on protecting the company’s data, infrastructure, and personnel across 42 countries from sophisticated global threat actors seeking to breach systems, manipulate the company’s products, harm users, or infiltrate the company. At Meta and through many years of consulting, Shawn has led red team assessments targeting critical infrastructure, government, and private sector infrastructure globally.

Shawn is passionate about bringing the scientific process into the security industry, and advocating for evidence based solutions and research focused on effective security strategies. He conducts security experiments in the lab and in the field through red teaming in order to share findings and data with clients, peers, and the industry alike to ensure no one has to learn preventable lessons the hard way.

Education

• Master of Science in Security Technologies, 
  University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

• B.S. Psychology,
  University of Minnesota

Professional Background

• Chief Operating Officer, Pine Risk Management

• Director of Operations, The CORE Group & RedTeamTools.com