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Educator, inventor, designer, and entrepreneur Shaun Jackson founded his first company, Eclipse Inc. while still a student at the University of Michigan. As president and design director, he guided its growth from a small entrepreneurial venture to a multimillion-dollar corporation with a global distribution network. Eclipse, because of Jackson’s obsessive commitment to design driven excellence, was selected as a case study for a National Endowment for the Arts research project entitled The Competitive Edge: The Role of Design in American Business.

A highly visible member of North America’s industrial Design community, Jackson holds more than 50 patents and has received national and international honors, including the prestigious IDEA award from Business Week. His designs have been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Business Week, USA Today, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and Wired Magazine. His work has also appeared on NBC's Today Show and The Discovery Channel, and can be seen at the Museum of Modern Art Store in New York.

Shaun has the distinction of having a triple joint appointment at U of M. He holds a professorship in The School of Art and Design, the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and in the Steven M. Ross School of Business Additionally, he has lectured at business and design schools nationwide, including Harvard University, Auburn, the University of Houston, and the University of Michigan. In February of 2005, he was the featured speaker on the Microsoft Designer’s Spotlight Speaker series, which was broadcast around the world. That same year, he was appointed chairman of the National Design Conference in Washington, DC.

In addition to his teaching and speaking engagements, Jackson maintains an active design consultancy. Through his firm, Shaun Jackson Design Inc., he serves clients such as Apple Computer, Dell, Toshiba, General Electric Medical Systems, Herman Miller, Nike, L.L. Bean, Eddie Bauer, Harley Davidson, and Patagonia.

In 2000, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum nominated Jackson for their prestigious National Design Award. In 2001, he was selected to serve as chair of the 2001 IDEA Awards jury and, the following year, chaired the inaugural Business Week Catalyst Awards jury. He has also served as a trustee of the Worldesign Foundation.

In 2009, Professor Jackson, along with his colleague, Prof. William Lovejoy, was honored by the University of Michigan as the inaugural recipient of the Provost’s “Teaching Innovation Prize”.