Shawn Ford, LL.M.'s Linkedin Analytics

Shawn is a seasoned lawyer with an entrepreneurial spirit. Shawn is experienced working with technology-focused organizations at varying stages, including as General Counsel for an international health tech company. As a Canadian citizen with several years of experience, Shawn works closely with clients as a valued & trusted advisor. Shawn provides business ready solutions to resolve issues revolving around privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, & crisis management. With experience as a data security technology business owner, Shawn has worked with organizations, & high net worth individuals on data security & privacy compliance, & incident response matters. Shawn values aiding clients to develop & build upon their understanding of compliance, privacy & cyber obligations. As such, he realizes first-hand the challenges that technology companies face when trying to balance their compliance obligations while innovating & developing new products & services. Shawn helps companies turn their obligations into opportunities, to build trust & advance their business goals. Shawn assists multinational institutions to understand & operationalize their privacy & cyber requirements. He works closely with the CISOs & legal counsel at these institutions to create enterprise-wide privacy policies & procedures, third party privacy risk management programs, & incident response plans. He frequently works with privacy officers to implement their privacy program throughout their organization & to understand their data. In crisis & risk management situations, Shawn handles strategic communications, negotiations, & provides solutions for businesses & high net worth clientele. He focuses on providing executive-level strategies to plan for, prevent, & respond to crises throughout the pre-, intra-, & post-crisis stages. As Co-Founder & President of IronGate Protection, Shawn leads the business as it provides executive & close protection, security operations, private investigation, bodyguard, residential security, threat assessment, & international operation management. Shawn states that his mission is “to take a 360° approach to understand your organization’s position and ability to leverage data security, privacy and technology best practices to build brand trust and resiliency.” ______ The content shared is for general informational purposes only & should not be construed as legal advice. Do not provide confidential information via LinkedIn as it may not be treated as confidential, privileged, secret, or protected. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcome.