Shaun Dakin

Shaun Dakin is the Founder of Dakin & Associates a management consultancy with a focus on marketing communications, social media and innovation. CEO and Co-Founder of ReverseRobocall.com (shut down) Past Fellow, The Future of Privacy Forum: Application Privacy Project CEO and Founder - The National Political Do Not Contact Registry - StopPoliticalCalls.org Shaun has led product and marketing strategy at FedEx, webMethods, Fannie Mae, Laureate Education, IXI Corporation and The Motley Fool. While at FedEx he was part of the team that launched FedEx.com, and brought tracking and shipping to the Internet. He was awarded the highest honor to a FedEx employee—the Five Star award—for leading the charge to develop a FedEx Shipping and Tracking API that resulted in significant revenue increases. In the nonprofit category, he is the founder and CEO of The National Political Do Not Contact Registry (NPDNC or StopPoliticalCalls.org) where he became the most recognized advocate for voter privacy rights in the nation with over 200,000 members nationwide. He is regularly seen on national TV, heard on NPR, and written about in the press. In 2008 he testified at the US Senate on the tragedy of political robocalls. He also received the Mashable.com Open Web Award for the top non-profit in the nation regarding social media. Shaun is also the founder of the series of unconferences or barcamps on Privacy, known as PrivacyCamp. PrivacyCamp is now under the purview of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a leading advocate in Washington, DC on privacy issues. He holds a BA in Government from Colby College and an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management.