After joining PLANT in 2014, Shawn earned his CTS in April of 2016.  Shawn's professional experience includes project management, project design and drawings, site investigation, code review, specifications, and contract administration. He has worked on various facility types including industrial, government/municipal, healthcare, educational, commercial/office, assisted living, and religious. His electrical engineering experience includes audio-visual systems, telecommunications distribution (IT), nurse call, fire alarm systems, interior and exterior illumination and controls systems, interior and exterior emergency illumination systems, low and medium voltage power distribution systems, arc flash hazard analysis and selective coordination studies, diesel fueled emergency power systems, commercial kitchen fire detection and protection systems.  Shawn has served as project manager for several multi-discipline projects in server room, hospital, industrial, defense, government, and post-secondary education facilities.  In April 2025, Shawn and his company chose to let the CTS certification expire so that the efforts needed to obtain continuing education could be applied to other initiatives.  PLANT continues to have experience in the AV integration space, ready to help you with high-fidelity solutions to your technically challenging facility problems!

I’m a Airport Business Developer and Audio Visual, Low Current & Security Senior Systems Engineer with a Master’s Degree in Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Project Management. I do have 14 years of experience in my job including 8 years of Airport Experience, at New Santiago Airport, 35M passengers/year, and Carrasco Airport in Uruguay. I was in charge of the Design, integration, and direct supervision of security, Airport Operation systems, and safety systems. I was managing directly different sub-contractors for ELV & Security systems. I was involved in the project from Design, Tender, Procurement, Super- vision, Testing & Commissioning up to ORAT and project Hand-Over. I’m also the founder of Calttron AV (Audio Video), an Consulting and Engineering company specializing in Low Voltage Systems (ELVS).

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