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Mr. Dawson graduated from Harvard University with a BA in biological anthropology. While at Harvard, he focused his studies on the biological rhythms of human hormones with a special focus on cortisol. After joining Circadian Technologies, Inc. in 1994, Mr. Dawson was part of several Fatigue Risk Assessments in which he investigated the sources of fatigue and proposed fatigue countermeasures for industries including commuter rail operations, manufacturing, and marine transport.
Mr. Dawson spent nearly three years as a project manager for the Canadian National Rail While on the Canadian National Rail project, his focus was strictly on the train crews. The combination of these two projects has provided him with excellent understanding of the freight rail operation. Mr. Dawson has managed projects at companies including ChevronTexaco, Roadway Express, Tidewater Marine, Hutchison Port Holdings, and GO Transit.
As the Director of Research, Grants and Special Projects at Circadian, Mr. Dawson leads Circadian’s world-class research team in developing assessments and solutions for the wide range of challenges confronting companies with extended hours operations. Current research focus areas include employee health, employee demographics, and operations management best practices. Mr. Dawson also oversees the development of new technologies, including the Flexible Workforce Management System (FWMS), Freight Rail Crew Optimization System (FRCOS), Circadian Alertness Simulation (CAS), Shiftwork Adaptation Testing System (SATs), and microsleep prediction systems (including alertness monitoring technologies).
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