Welcome to the home page of Shaun Whitehead -
As a child, Shaun dreamed of becoming an astronaut and exploring space. He worked out that the only way to achieve this dream was to design and build his own rocket. With a completed design, he applied to companies for sponsorship. While this project never took off, Shaun persevered and has since been involved in many engineering successes.
He is still motivated by his childhood passion to explore and discover new things, helped by some amazing technology. His work has taken him to the four corners of the world, where he has watched things he has built go hurtling off to deep space and Mars, and crawled along dark stone passageways in search of historical finds.
Shaun is a qualified Chartered Engineer and a Fellow and Ambassador of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He has experimented using science and engineering to fight crime, combined engineering and art, appears regularly in the media and gives presentations on engineering and exploration.
He has found (and hidden) many treasures, holds a pilots licence and has military experience. Shaun believes that success is not as much about natural talent as saying “yes” to opportunities, and perhaps more importantly, perseverance.
Shaun has recently led the Djedi mission to robotically explore the mysterious shafts of the Great Pyramid at Giza, through his company Scoutek. The pyramid project is one of several that Shaun is working on that is generously supported by Dassault Systèmes’ wonderful Passion for Innovation programme.
When he can find a rare moment of spare time, Shaun is also currently researching the treasure of Forrest Fenn via The Thrill of the Chase.
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