Individual Team Member Profile

Shawn McMahon

Co-founder & Chairman

Shawn McMahonMr. McMahon is a Senior Manager and Lead Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Validator/Verifier for the Forestry, Carbon, and GHG Services Division of ESI, with over 19 years of experience in forestry, ecology, natural resource management, arboricultural, and GHG reduction/removal projects. Mr. McMahon specializes in GHG validations/ verifications, carbon sequestration project development, development/implementation of management plans for the enhancement of carbon stocks, development of carbon and environmental asset tracking programs, arboricultural and biological assessments, land management, habitat assessments, endangered/threatened species surveys, and ecosystem services assessment/planning. He is a Certified Forester under the Society of American Foresters, Certified Lead Verifier for the Climate Action Reserve, Certified Lead Verifier for the CA Air Resources Board, and a Verified Carbon Standard AFOLU-Wetland Restoration and Conservation expert. Mr. McMahon is approved to conduct GHG validations and/or verification for the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), California Air Resources Board (ARB), Climate Action Reserve (CAR), American Carbon Registry (ACR), CarbonFix Standard (CFS), Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT), Natural Forest Standard (NFS), Plan Vivo, and Climate Community, and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) and has conducted 70+ GHG validations/ verifications of numerous carbon sequestration projects around the world. At ESI, Mr. McMahon is responsible for team management, client coordination, and performance of senior technical project management, such as conducting third-party, independent GHG validations and verifications. Mr. McMahon also leads lectures and seminars throughout the United States regarding sustainable resource topics, forest carbon project development, and verification. 

Shawn's Resume

Education Level:

B.S. Forest Resource Management, University of Florida, 2000

Years of Experience: 19

Professional Affiliations:

  • Society of American Foresters
  • Ohio Forestry Association
  • International Society of Arboriculture

Certifications:

  • Verified Carbon Standard, AFOLU Expert - WRC
  • California Air Resources Board, Lead Verifier, Executive Order H2-16-164
  • Society of American Foresters, Certified Foresters #4081
  • Climate Action Reserve (CAR), Forest and Urban Forest Project Lead Verifier
  • ISO 14001 Trained Lead Auditor

 

ESI GHG Validation and Verification Experience

ESI has been conducting third-party validations and verification globally since 2007 and has been accredited by ANSI under the ISO 14065:2007 since March 2010. Due to strict confidentiality requirements associated with many of our current and past projects we are unable to discuss full details of projects; however, the following is a list by a program of the past and current project validation/verification experiences. Mr. McMahon has been the Lead validator/verifier or senior team member on each of the following projects:

Specific Project Experience

American Carbon Registry ( ACR )
California Air Resources Board (ARB)
British Columbia (BC)
Lead VerifierCrew Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierEOG Resources - BC Regulation Reporting Verification -Fort Nelson, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierProgress Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2010 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierChinook - BC Regulation Reporting Verification -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierCrew Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierCrew Energy/Septimus BC Regulation Reporting Verification -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierEOG Resources - Annual BC Regulation Reporting Verification -Fort Nelson, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierProgress Energy - Annual BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2011 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierTerra Energy - Annual BC Regulation Reporting Verification -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierTerra Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification -Fort St. John and Taylor, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierChinook - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2012 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierCrew Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2012 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierCrew/Septimus - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2012 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierEOG - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2012 -Fort Nelson, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierNeucel - BC Regulation Reporting Verification -Port Alice, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierProgress Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2012 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierTerra Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2012 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierWindset Farms - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2012 -Delta, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierAlta Gas - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2013 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierChinook - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2013 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierCrew Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2013 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierCrew Energy/Septimus - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2013 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierEndurance Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2013 -Fort Nelson, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierProgress Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2013 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierTerra Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2013 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierWindset Farms - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2013 -Delta, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierAlta Gas - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2014 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierChinook Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2014 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierCrew Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2014 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierCrew Energy/Septimus - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2014 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierProgress Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2014 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead Verifier"Terra Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2014 (note-no opinion statement was issued in May 2015 and then client never got back to us after repeated attempts so project was closed)" -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierWindset Farms - BC Regulation reporting verification - 2014 -Delta, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierAlta Gas - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2015 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierChinook Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2015 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierCrew Energy/Septimus - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2015 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierWindset Farms - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2015 -Delta, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierChinook Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2016 -Fort St. John, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierWindset Farms - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2016 -Delta, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierVF Clean Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification 2016 -Delta, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierLantic - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2016 -Lantic Manufacturing, Vancouver
Lead VerifierLhoist - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2015/2016 -Langley Plant, Vancouver
Lead VerifierKelt Exploration - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2016 -6 Operating Stations in BC
Lead VerifierWindset Farms - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2017 -Delta, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierVF Clean Energy - BC Regulation Reporting Verification 2017 -Delta, BC, Canada
Lead VerifierLantic - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2017 -Lantic Manufacturing, Vancouver
Lead VerifierLhoist - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2017 -Langley Plant, Vancouver
Lead VerifierKelt Exploration - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2017 -6 Operating Stations in BC
Lead VerifierLantic - BC Regulation Reporting Verification - 2016 -Lantic Manufacturing, Vancouver
CDP
Lead Verifier
Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)
Climate Action Reserve (Reserve)
Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA)
ISO
Natural Forest Standard (NFS)
Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)
Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA)
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