John A. Shanahan
Denver, Colorado, USA
Career
a) commercial nuclear power (USA and Switzerland)
b) software development for petrochemical industry (Switzerland) and Department of Energy (USA)
c) investment advisor (USA)
d) networking with experts, website development and public education for energy, energy by-products, environmental issues and the roles of people
Career history
1970 - 1995 Nuclear Power and Environmental Cleanup (USA and Switzerland)
1970 - 1972 Bechtel Corporation
San Francisco, CA
Research and design of nuclear plants for tornadoes, missiles and aircraft impact. Tornado field research with Professor Tetsuya (Ted) Fujita, meteorologist, University of Chicago.
1973 - 1984 Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation
Boston, Massachusetts
Denver, Colorado
Leibstadt, Switzerland
Research and design of nuclear plants for tornadoes, missiles and aircraft impact, missile barrier testing.
Project management for a nuclear power plant in Colorado.
Licensing consultant for Swiss Nuclear Power Plant, Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt.
1985 - 1989 Independent Engineering Consultant
Leibstadt, Switzerland
Baden, Switzerland
Thalwil, Switzerland
Licensing for nuclear power plants/projects Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt and Kernkraftwerk Kaiseraugst.
Software development for Gel Instrumente, AG with contracts with the petrochemical industry in Europe.
1990 - 1995 Professional Analysis Inc., PAI. Dr. Doan Phung, Nuclear Engineer, owner.
Denver, Colorado
Project manager and consultant for Department of Energy, DOE, contracts in Colorado and Washington State on site environmental cleanup. Manager and Chief Designer of Multiple Contractor Relational Database Management System for the Department Of Energy.
1996 - 1999 Private Investment Management
Denver, Colorado
2000 - 2012 Professional Investment Advisor
Denver, Colorado
This included experiencing how financial advisory firms managed clients portfolios through two major stock market crashes in 2000-2001 and 2008-2009. It taught a lot about sound investment management and working with investment clients.
2010 - 2024 Networking with experts, website development, public education for energy, energy by-products, environment and people
Denver, Colorado
Development and operation of three websites for global public education about energy, energy by-products, environment and people in the modern world. The current website is: allaboutenergy.net. We are connected with leaders in business and government in 124 countries. We have an International Board of Advisors. We work with over 1000 professionals in energy, climate science, environment, and government policies
Education
Civil Engineering: Bachelor’s 1962, Master’s 1964, University of Notre
Dame, Indiana, USA. Dr. Ing (PhD) 1969, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Military Service
Officer, US Army Corps of Engineers in Germany 1964 - 1966. Supervised staff of German engineers and craftsmen. All work for two years was conducted in German at my request.
Honors
Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society - Life member (1963)
Marquis Who’s Who - 2024
Charity work
Led nationwide fundraising for education related charities in Guinea, Nepal, Tibet and the United States from 1995 to 2024.
Family
Married to Isabel Williams in 1966. Son and family in Switzerland (lawyer). Daughter and family in Colorado (environmental scientist).
Leisure Activities
Hiking, mountain climbing, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, bicycling, whitewater boating, nature and people photography, classical music, reading books about outstanding people, networking with people around the world in 124 countries, travel in Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, 4
Ecuador, all of Europe, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Tibet and USA. Continued study of German and Spanish.
Quote
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." [Mark Twain]
Languages
German and Spanish
Favorite events and accomplishments
- A wonderful wife-partner, son, daughter and four grandchildren.
- Lived in Germany six years and Switzerland six years - many friends
- Bicycling with family and friends in Europe and North America.
- Adventures traveling around the world (1962 - 2024).
- Great career opportunities and colleagues (1970 - 2024).
Three-day circumambulation of Mt Kailash (background) in Tibet - 1999
This mountain is sacred to Buddhists, Hindus, Jains and Bon
1992 - Descending from climb of Volcano Cotopaxi in Ecuador
Most people have not experienced 10 meter (33 feet) deep snow with treacherous crevasses on the Equator
Personal
Denver, Colorado, USA
Cellphone: 720 324 1502
Emails: private: acorncreek2006@gmail.com
professional: john.shanahan@allaboutenergy.net
Born January 6, 1941 in Albany, New York, USA