Shawn N. Olds

Shawn N. Olds is a business leader and advisor with deep experience leveraging technology to start, run, fix, and rapidly evolve and enable established businesses as well as startups. With a focus on AI over the past decade, Shawn excels in developing, deploying, and commercializing technology solutions as well as helping companies develop business strategies to use the most appropriate technology to solve their specific needs. His leadership experience spans private enterprise, government service, and higher education. Shawn is a Managing Director and Chief AI Officer at The ONE Bow River National Defense Fund a private equity fund focused on supporting innovative solutions to strengthen national defense. Previously Shawn was the Co-Founder and Founding CEO of boodleAI, an artificial intelligence platform that launched both a traditional AI platform for nonprofits and sales teams and later a Generative AI tool focused on the workplace and the higher education vertical. Shawn has held executive, board (Independent Director), advisor, and angel investor positions in multiple organizations. In 2024 he was inducted into the American Society for Artificial Intelligence. Shawn holds a Computer Science degree from West Point, an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management, and a JD from The Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.