Since starting Kinesis in 2000, Shawn has been on a mission to radically transform how businesses think about marketing, culture, and growth. While traditional marketing focuses on external tactics, he found that the most successful companies start at their epicenter and gravitate outward. Shawn uses this core business philosophy, Marketing from the Inside Out®, to help small business owners and leaders reinvent their companies.

Kinesis has been one of Oregon’s fastest-growing private companies for five straight years — earning the prestigious Lighthouse Award in 2016. The company was also honored at the Portland Business Journal’s Small Business Innovation Awards, and named one of America’s Best Entrepreneurial Companies by Entrepreneur Magazine. Kinesis is also a proud certified B Corporation and has been acknowledged as a Best For The World Company two years in a row.

As Kinesis’ CEO, Shawn’s primary focus is on setting the strategic direction for the company, championing the business mission, values, and vision, and deliberately maintaining internal culture with every new hire and client acquisition. His book, Marketing from the Inside Out® captures nearly two decades of experience in starting, running, and growing small businesses.