Shawn Springs

Shawn Springs is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Windpact, a Materials Data and Technology company located in Leesburg, Virginia. He leads an organization driving innovation and accelerating development by providing critical data and analysis tools. The company’s technology helps clients solve difficult manufacturing challenges, enabling brands to move into a new era of product development.

His inspiration behind the founding of Windpact stemmed from 13 seasons playing football in the NFL. Drafted third overall in the 1st round of the 1997 draft, he spent time with the Seattle Seahawks, Washington Football Team, and New England Patriots.

Shawn completed a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from The Ohio State University. As a member of the football team, he was a two-time Academic All-Big Ten Athlete and Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year in 1996.

He is a TEDx presenter, giving a talk entitled “Tackling Helmet Protection Head On.” Shawn is a board member of Boulder Crest Foundation, supporting combat veterans, first responders, and their families working through traumatic brain injury. He has pledged to donate his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation in support of CTE and Concussion Research.

Born in Williamsburg, VA, Shawn attended high school in Silver Spring, MD and currently resides in Northern Virginia, where he can be found in his free time coaching football to his kids.