A long time resident of Western North Carolina, Shane first landed in Brevard in 2002 to finish his college degree in business management and experiential education. Afterwards, he decided he was not quite finished with school yet and returned to Brevard for a music performance degree and graduated in 2008. He has been in Asheville running his business Online Training Concepts since 2019, focusing on building digital learning ecosystems, creating training content, and building software to maximize engagement and interactivity. As the Web Co-Chair for AIGA Asheville, Shane aids in the management of the Asheville AIGA website and helps support the local creator community with web development services through his technical team at OTC.