John Shaw

John Shaw has a diverse work experience spanning various industries. John is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Add Value Machine, where they focus on providing secure and compliant generative AI solutions. Prior to this, John held roles as a Seed Investor at Tackle.io, Vic.ai, Loko AI, MissionOG, BlueCheck Inc., and Plnar. John also served as a Mentor at Techstars and worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS), leading AI/ML business development initiatives in the private equity, global healthcare, and life sciences sectors. Additionally, John was a Seed Investor and Board Member at Chowbotics, which was later acquired by Doordash. Their expertise lies in driving growth, advising high-growth companies, and leveraging their extensive network for insights and networking opportunities.

John Shaw attended Liverpool John Moores University from 1995 to 1999, where they obtained a BSc degree in Computer Studies. In addition to their degree, they have obtained several certifications in various cloud computing platforms. These include the GCP Solution Architect certification from Google Cloud Platform Certified, which they obtained in November 2018. John also completed the Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure course from Coursera in September 2018. Furthermore, they hold multiple certifications from Amazon Web Services (AWS), including the AWS Business Professional and AWS Technical Professional certifications which they obtained in January 2014. In January 2019, they also obtained the AWS Associate Solution Professional certification and the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification in December 2018. Lastly, they obtained the AWS Solution Architect Certification - Associate in June 2014.