Shawn M. Burns, Architect, Vice President of Design Services, joined Combined Properties in 2011 as a staff architect and was advanced to vice president of design services in 2015. Shawn is a registered architect in Massachusetts and an active participant in the Boston design community. At Combined Properties he directs a team of designers providing professional architectural services for small to large tenant fit-up work as well as overseeing the design of multiple commercial and multifamily residential redevelopment projects. Shawn earned a Masters of Architecture degree from The Boston Architectural College and a Bachelor of Science in Biology degree from Siena College. He is a NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards) certified and Massachusetts Board of Registration of Architects licensed architect. To further his interest in design and education Shawn has been an active member of the practice faculty at the BAC, a gateway instructor for several valuable student lead design projects and serves as a mentor in the NCARB intern development program. Shawn enjoys living in Stoneham with his wife and two teenage boys where he is an assistant scout master of Boy Scout Troop 513, a basketball and soccer coach and the treasurer of Stoneham Youth Basketball