Shawn Rose
Shawn, the president of CGSI since its founding in 1994, prefers to think of himself as a ‘Renaissance Man’ in that he has a widely varying set of interests that he has undertaken in his professional career. After high school and prior to attaining his secondary schooling, he participated in the family business, that of building PWF foundations and modular homes. His formal education consists of two honours diplomas from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Architectural Technology and Building Development Technology, but he has continued his education non-stop since then, although not always within the field of architecture and building science. His talent lies in bringing together the quirks of these distinct interests into creative integrated solutions.
While in his first job out of SAIT, working for Maurice Sunderland Architecture as an architectural technologist, he took over responsibility for writing software programs to enhance the productivity of the drafting department. Leveraging on that experience, he progressed to teaching CAD and CAD programming to the Business & Industry students at SAIT in the early 1990’s. Those connections led to further consulting and software development for surveying and utility companies, and continues today with ongoing development for the City of Calgary’s utility mapping departments. He is a joint-venture partner in the dTechs epm system, which is poised to deliver electrical monitoring systems worldwide.
Shawn also collaborates within the Lumenos Advisors group, further leveraging his unique breadth of talents and skills within that group.
In 2021, Shawn received his designation as a Certified Passive House Designer from the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt, Germany.
Professional Summary
- 30 years experience in the architectural & engineering drafting disciplines.
- 36 years experience as a software developer for CAD engineering & architectural disciplines.
- 23 years experience as an adult trainer.
- 22 years experience as an IT project manager, both in the areas of large-scale software development and in engineering data conversion.
- A production-level of ‘hands-on’ practical experience as a user heavily influences his approach to the development of CAD software solutions, with an emphasis on the user experience and overall effectiveness.
Specialties:
- Residential & Commercial architectural design & drafting
- 3D CADD modeling and visualization
- Software development for MicroStation, specializing in AEC, surveying, mapping & GIS applications.
Additional Interests:
Shawn is an avid outdoorsman, loving to backpack and go fly-fishing in the mountains to the southwest of Calgary, Alberta. He has hiked the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island three times since 2011, and he has been a Scouts Canada volunteer since 1993. His four adult boys all participated in the program with him and have accompanied him on his WCT adventures, and many others, including a 118km canoe trip down the Red Deer River.
