Mike Shaw (Alabama politician)

Shaw has been living in Hoover City for the past twenty years. He graduated from Vestavia Hills High School in 1990. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in public administration from Auburn University in 1995.[2][1]

Shaw started his political career in 2016 when he became a member of the Hoover City Council.[3] He was also re elected in 2020.[4] In 2022 he resigned from his second term in order to focus on his legislative campaign. On November 8, 2022, he was elected into the 2022 Alabama House of Representatives election against Democratic opponent Christian Coleman with sixty four percent votes.[5] He assumed office the next day on November 9, 2022.[4]

Shaw served as the Chief technology officer of Mutual Savings Credit Union for seventeen years. He is a certified information systems security professional and he was the one that started the Hoover Technology Round Table that comprises technological companies and professionals around the city. He is a member of Birmingham Tech board of directors. He is also a songwriter, he had released four albums that has won awards such as the Billboard Songwriting Contest, International Songwriting Competition and KCCM song of the year. .[2][6]