Shawn Swanson
Affiliate Instructor, Technology Commercialization (ENTRE 541)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolShawn Swanson is an innovation strategist, engineer, and educator with 14 years of experience turning biomedical and defense-focused technologies from concept to commercialization. As co-founder of S2 Innovation partnered with MIT and an affiliate instructor at UW Foster and Mechanical Engineering, he blends design thinking, customer discovery, and prototyping to guide teams through IP, regulatory, and go-to-market decisions. He has led funded translational projects—writing $1M+ in grants, publishing papers, and securing patents—while managing cross-functional teams from lab to pilot manufacturing. At AFWERX and FedTech he scaled evaluator programs and coached startups on SBIR/STTR strategy and investor readiness, demonstrating an uncommon fluency across government acquisition and venture pathways. Notably, he designed a medical ThermoTape through a 53-person clinical trial and presented innovations to audiences as small and influential as Bill Gates. His work sits at the intersection of rigorous engineering, experiential teaching, and practical commercialization.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering at University of Washington
German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (41)
widgets10
wordpress10
uploads10
plugin10
filepond10
single-page10
file-upload10
image-processing9
drag-and-drop9
questions-and-answers9
javascript8
nodejs8
spotlight8
letter7
macos6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
stephyma/ITConnect-UW-WP-Child
Mar 2013 - Aug 2013
Contributions:341 commits in 5 months
uwebwordpresswordpress-themechild-themechild
uweb/people-directory
Oct 2013 - Mar 2015
People directory plugin for wordpress and the UW Theme
Contributions:36 commits in 1 year 5 months
wordpresswordpress-plugindirectory
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