over 25 years of graduate and professional development

Shawn has taught grad students and adult professionals for over twenty-five years. Shawn began teaching for the Center for Professional and Executive Development (CPED), formerly known as Executive Education,  at the University of Wisconsin School of Business in 2001. From this  early start as one of a group of instructors developing and teaching a  class on managing multiple projects, Shawn’s engagement with this course  evolved to that of lead instructor teaching two of three days of this course. This early work formed the foundation of Shawn's academic career that now spans multiple countries and institutions.

In 2011, Shawn collaborated with CPED to develop their first course  on agile project management techniques. This course rapidly became a  popular open-enrollment course and the most popular custom course offered by CPED through early 2020. During the pandemic, Shawn collaborated with CPED on a scrum certification track and developed  courses for business analysts working for the state of Wisconsin.  Shawn  has developed and delivered numerous custom course development and  consulting engagements in partnership with CPED.

Shawn will be the lead instructor for CPED’s Planning, Scheduling, and Control and Program and Portfolio Management courses starting in mid-2026.

Shawn has taught for the University of Wisconsin – Platteville Master of Science in Project Management program since 2008. Shawn has developed various courses on project and program management, portfolio management, and agile project management. Shawn  also serves as a capstone advisor. Shawn is currently the longest-serving faculty member in the UW-Platteville MSPM program. Shawn also teaches undergraduate courses in the School of Business.

Shawn is a Lecturer in the UW-Madison College of Engineering Interdisciplinary Professional Programs,  teaching for-credit courses (Organizational Change Management,  Independent Research/Capstone Project) in the Master’s of Engineering  Management program and non-credit courses (Agile Project Management,  Recovery of Troubled Projects, Global Teams Management). Shawn is also  the Practice Director in Residence for the eBusiness Consortium Agile Special Interest Group (SIG).

Shawn joined the faculty of USC Bovard College’s Master of Science in Project Management program in 2019 and has since been promoted to Professor (adjunct), teaching  courses on Organizational Change Management, Agile Project Management,  and Project Risk Management. 

Shawn’s higher education teaching experience includes work for the  University of California – Irvine (Project Management certificate program), Lakeland College (project management courses in MBA program),  UW-Milwaukee (Project Management certificate program), and a brief  visiting professorship for the International University of Monaco in  Taipei, Taiwan (project management course in MBA program).

Shawn has a vast library of project, program, and portfolio management  content as well as Agile, Scrum, and hybrid Agile course content that he  can tailor and deliver to meet your specific scenarios. Please contact Shawn to discuss custom course development and training.