Shawn Whitson is a business leader who splits his time between Scottsdale, Arizona, and Sulphur Springs, Texas. Over the course of an entrepreneurial career that has spanned a quarter of a century, Shawn Whitson has owned and operated the Sulphur Springs-based third-party robotic stock market technology platform Robotic Returns and the Scottsdale-based credit card merchant processing company First Direct Financial.
Mr. Whitson served as president of Autolube Incorporated since establishing his oil change franchise in 1996. His network of shops ranges across East Texas between Dallas & Texarkana and has received “Top 20 Fastest Growing Quicklube Chains in the United States” honors from the Automotive Oil Change Association on two occasions.
Shawn Whitson has also been owner and chief executive officer of Trinity Proximity since 2016. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, the BLE Bluetooth beacon technology company does business as cityKONNEKT. Related to his work at Trinity Proximity, he has a patent pending for a unique, short-range Bluetooth advertising system.