Volume 4 • Issue 04
March 03, 2022
Showcasing Black Excellence John Shaw is a man with a large vision for the future. As someone who started out in life with what looked very much like a limited future ... his vision and determination has brought him a long way. These very characteristics brought him from Selma, Alabama - as one of 12 siblings - John believed that his "life was bigger than my circumstances presented" and education would provide the very opportunities he sought, to study engineering at a time when the industry was so hungry for talent with potential "by graduation from an early design program, I was capable of designing circuits using a sliderule." Completion of his Engineering studies at Deanza College, propelled John into a stellar 38+ year career "engaged in countless Market Disrupting Breakthrough Technology projects of significance "that is all I know."
John Shaw
As the CEO, of Power Community Development Systems, Inc. (PCDSI) John is intent on showcasing what it means to truly have a sustainable way of life. John and his company is planning strategically, for PCDSI to provide "the" GREEN building components for any housing and/ or commercial projects going forward - by solving
specific problems through the filter of a "shared economic" goal. "It's about leaving a legacy ... and it can be done, with the right tools, the right information and the right people working together." To incorporate a building process for both builder and property owner to correct the contradictions of our affordable housing
supply shortage - while closing the wealth gap and creating new entrepreneurial opportunities. What he terms, "Market Disruptions and Breakthrough Technologies" in sustainable building materials and their supply chain systems. It is this concept that PCDSI will use to reconnect people in their communities - train them to address/solve problems that might otherwise seem overwhelming - by inviting them to embrace the vision to "Grow through Collaboration." All of this takes people to accomplish - and for a man with such a vision as John Shaw, you must know how to attract just the talent you require to make good on the company's innovative mission. PCDSI defines its structure as a People First - Process Second company. The goal is to establish 21 individual Power Centers across the U.S. as independent
opportunity zones that will perform Sales & Marketing, Distribution, Building & Contracting and as Service Reps for the renewable energy LiFi, Solar, H20, IOT, etc., products offered by PCDSI - A Manufacturer, A Builder and A Distributor of ... A World of Sustainability. COMPANY GOALS IN MOTION • Revolutionize Construction Industry with CMC Boards • Accelerated Entrepreneurship • Financial Independence • Identify and Incorporate Renewable Energy Products