Shaunย Dawson
Owner at Sidebar
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolShaun Dawson is a serial founder and seasoned technology leader with 21 years building zero-to-one ventures and scaling enterprise automation practices. He specializes in Generative AI, agentic automation, and enterprise software, repeatedly turning niche opportunities into market-disrupting products and teams. Shaun has founded and exited multiple startups, led global Centers of Excellence for IPA/RPA at Cognizant, and drove partner-led Test Cloud revenue at UiPath from under $1M to $30M in 18 months. As owner of Nflight Technology he applied a founderโs mindset to overhaul product, manufacturing and global distribution, challenging legacy players in the aviation headset market. Based in San Diego, he blends hands-on product and engineering experience with strategic M&A and GTM execution, and often privileges data-driven KPIs and repeatable playbooks over one-off wins. Outside work he explores human development themes through a podcast project, signaling a wider interest in leadership, culture, and practical ethics.
20 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, Electrical Engineering, BSEE, Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinGreenhill SchoolEngineering, Engineering at Brigham Young University
English, French, Spanish, Russian
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Github Skills (5)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
carterdawson/BotWatchUI
Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
AdminLTE - Free admin dashboard template based on Bootstrap 4 & 3
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
bootstrap4bootstrap5adminadminlteweb-app
carterdawson/flight-drawing
Nov 2023 - Nov 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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