Shawn is Principal for HBK. He joined the HBK team of auditing professionals in March 2024 following two decades at Thomson Reuters/AuditWatch where he was a senior consultant specializing in providing audit efficiency and quality, and core-level training for accounting firms.

At AuditWatch, Shawn was a popular speaker and presenter and provided training to firms on technical auditing topics; including an annual Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) update and content tailored to address firm-specific needs resulting from internal inspections, peer reviews, and PCAOB reviews. He worked with CPA firms to understand their current challenges and created tailored client-specific programs that met their objectives to increase the productivity and ensure the consistency of their audit practice. He also taught core-level staff training classes to groups ranging from staff auditors to partners, using real-life examples and conveying practicality by translating the audit standards to the participants.

In addition to working directly with HBK audit clients, Shawn supports HBK’s auditors and accounting staff with continuing education and training on everything audit-related, from standards to methodology and processes.

Before joining Thomson Reuters in 2005, Shawn was an Audit Senior Manager at Deloitte in Pittsburgh where he specialized in construction contractors, health care, nonprofits, and middle-market manufacturers. He also taught local and national seminars for Deloitte.