Resumé - Dave Shaw
Technical Support
Northwest Classics. Inc. Seattle, WA (dba H4 Consulting)
1998 - present
Provided technical support to over 50 clients nationwide, primarily to
non-profits (client list)
- ebase, a development solution built on FileMaker.
- Support for version 1 clients nationwide
- participated in version 2 development from the
concept workshop in June 2000 through the present
- Support for version 2 clients starting with beta
release.
- FileMaker, a desktop database platform
- Macintosh OS
Special Events Production
Northwest Classics. Inc. Seattle, WA (dba H4 Consulting)
Owner 12/90 - Present
Promoted and produced sports-related special events. Projects noted
below involved promotion, production and administrative tasks.
- Greater Seattle Bicycle Expo, a consumer bicycle show
in its sixth year. Visited by 12,000 people in 2001. (1991-2004)
- STP Finish Line Festival, welcoming 10,000 riders and
their friends to Portland after a 200-mile bicycle ride. (1991-present)
- Ride For A Reason, a fundraising ride to benefit AIDS
service organizations in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia
(1997-1998)
- Fan Blast, an exposition in conjunction with the WIAA
Basketball Championships. (1998, 1999)
- TrekWashington, a fundraising ride from Seattle to
Spokane for the American Lung Association of Washington. (1993-1995,
1998)
- 1991 U.S. Track Cycling Championships, Washington
State Games cycling competiton, Christopher Columbus Criterium and many
grass-roots racing events.
Free-lance Seattle, WA
Special Events Director 12/89 - 12/90
- U.S. Bank Goodwill Trek, a 600-mile bicycling and
running relay through Washington and Oregon on its way to the opening
ceremony of the 1990 Goodwill Games.
Tim Kneeland & Associates Seattle, WA
Trek Director 6/86 - 12/89
Created and managed long-distance bicycle fundraising events which
raised $5.5 million for the American Lung Association in three years.
- Managed trips up to 47 days long, with 300
participants.
- Designed and mapped 5000 miles of safe and
interesting bicycle routes, across the continent and the length of the
Pacific Coast.
- Led four trips, managing a staff of 4-6 professionals
and 40 volunteers.
- Published a monthly newsletter for riders and staff.
Publishing
Northwest Classics. Inc. (publisher of The Bicycle Paper) Seattle,
WA
Owner 12/90 - 12/93
Publisher of The Bicycle Paper, the Northwest’s premier journal of
bicycling.
- Contibuted staff articles and a monthly column.
- Managed the transition to Macintosh-based electronic
layout.
- Created streamlined Mac-based business systems such
as subscription, accounting, and advertising sales tracking.
Free-lance writer Berkeley, CA & Seattle, WA
Published articles on travel and active sports. For example:
- "England's River Thames," Canoe, August 1985
- "Make Every Trip an Adventure," Bicycle Touring
Newsletter (Bicycling), Spring, 1986
- "Capital Cycling," Bicycling, August 1986
Engineering
Engineering career spanning 20 years includes research, product
design, and facilities management.
- Designed and managed heat transfer research projects.
- Managed energy and fuel supplies.
- Wrote maintenance procedures and training programs.
- Designed plant and production equipment.
- Managed maintenance and construction projects.
- Supervised a maintenance crew.
Rocket Research Company, Redmond, WA; Research Enginner 3/81 - 11/83
UW Aerospace and Energetics Research Laboratory, Seattle, WA 11/78 -
2/81
Pacific Car and Foundry Co., Renton, WA; Facilities Engineer 10/74 -
7/78
Quemetco, Inc., Seattle, WA; Plant Engineer 12/71 - 10/74
The Bemis Company, Seattle, WA; Plant Engineer 5/69 - 10/69
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA; Associate Engineer 9/67 - 5/69
Military
United States Marine Corps 10/69 - 10/71.
Education
- MSME, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 1980.
Major emphasis in heat transfer.
- BSME, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA;
1967.
Personal Interests
- Bicycling, cross-country skiing, amateur radio,
travel
- References, portfolio, and detailed project
experience available on request.
