Shawn Springs is the CEO and Founder of Windpact, a Software and Technology company located in Leesburg, Virginia. Windpact provides software and technologies across the product development process, inspiring new opportunities to operate, collaborate, and innovate. 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 also became a Hall of Fame nominee in 2015.
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, Big 10 Walter Camp All-American, and Big Ten 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.