Shaver most recently spent eight years with Cushman & Wakefield's local office. In 1999, Shaver was named the company's top producer in San Francisco and received its service excellence award for the second year in a row. He began his career with what would become Colliers International after earning his degree in business economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Just prior to joining Insignia/ESG, Shaver was president of ITI Solutions, a division of WorkPlace USA, a Dallas-based consulting firm with expertise in telecommunications and Internet infrastructure. He has represented various clients during his career, including Pacific Bell Directories where Shaver managed a 1 million sf statewide portfolio for more than five years. Shaver was also the preferred provider for Bank of America.

As a representative for institutional property owners and landlords, Shaver repositioned a 460,000 sf warehouse in Bayview Hunters Point into one of the area's first master-planned Telco carrier hotels.