Josh Shelby Overview

  • Primary Position
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Biography

Mr. Josh Shelby served as Principal at Northport Investments. From an entrepreneurial standpoint, Josh has founded four companies. Two were sold quickly and another, a manufacturing company he co-founded in 1998, is growing rapidly with sales approaching $20M. At this company, Josh holds a non-executive officer position on the board of directors, allowing him to focus exclusively on Northport activities. Prior to co-founding the manufacturing company, Josh was a Principal at Slayton International, an executive search consulting firm based in Chicago, Illinois, focused on the financial services, manufacturing and high-tech industries with clients ranging from start-ups to multi-billion dollar, global corporations. As part of an M.B.A. program in 1995, Josh was involved in the Technology Transfer department of Sandia National Laboratories, a U.S. Government research and development laboratory. His primary responsibility consisted of coordinating technology transfer from Sandia to small businesses. This has provided Josh with a variety of insights on entrepreneurial management and technology issues. Prior to earning his M.B.A., Josh was a corporate finance analyst for Bear, Stearns & Co. In this capacity, he was responsible for the analysis of mid-sized corporate transactions including initial public offerings, private placements, corporate bond offerings, acquisitions and subsidiary spin-offs. Josh graduated with honors from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management with a Masters in Business Administration. His concentrations were in finance and entrepreneurship. Josh holds a B.A. degree in Psychology and Economics from Georgetown University.

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Education
Georgetown University, BA (Bachelor of Arts)
Gender
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