Dan Shockley Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder & Man...

  • Primary Industry
  • B2B

Dan Shockley General Information

Biography

Mr. Dan Shockley is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at LFM Capital. He brings to the Fund over 13 years of management leadership and operating experience, having served in a variety of senior executive and functional roles in manufacturing, operations, sales and marketing, engineering and supply chain. He is a seasoned Lean and Continuous Improvement leader with proven leadership and transformation skills refined through various management and functional roles across multiple industries. Prior to founding LFM, Mr. Shockley served as Director of Data Center Operations - the West Coast for Amazon Web Services (AWS), a rapidly-growing cloud service provider and one of the fastest-growing segments of Amazon.com. Prior to joining Amazon, Mr. Shockley was General Manager for the Ditch Witch construction equipment business, a business unit of The Charles Machine Works, Inc. Mr. Shockley's responsibilities included direct responsibility for over 1,000 employees in manufacturing, supply chain, distribution (sales, marketing and dealer/channel management), product development and implementation of continuous improvement as well as dotted line responsibility for finance, IT and HR. Prior to Ditch Witch, Mr. Shockley was a General Manager for Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services based in Shrewsbury, UK. In this role, he had P&L responsibility for two factories in the UK, one in France and one in Poland. Before being stationed in the UK, Mr. Shockley was a plant manager in China for the Caterpillar Remanufacturing business where he led the launch of this plant. Prior to Caterpillar in Shanghai, Mr. Shockley was a fellow in the Leaders for Global Operations at MIT where Mr. Shockley studied "Big M" Manufacturing, Global Operations and Finance. Mr. Shockley graduated first in his class while also gaining real work experience with American Axle and Manufacturing in China, Nokia, The Timken Company, and Nike. Before attending MIT, Mr. Shockley worked for Caterpillar in Peoria, IL and Corinth, MS where he held roles as Quality Manager, Shop floor Supervisor, Supplier Development Engineer, Plant Metallurgist, Process Development Engineer and Research Engineer. Mr. Shockley received his BS in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Missouri - Rolla and his Master in Mechanical Engineering and Master in Business from MIT. He has served for over three years as a member of MIT's Leaders for Global Operations Operating Committee and was a founding company representative of the China Leaders for Global Operations program at SJTU in Shanghai.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder & Managing Director, LFM Capital
Education
MIT (Sloan), MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MS (Master of Science)
University of Missouri, Columbia, BS (Bachelor of Science)
Gender
Male
Email
da
Phone
+1 (615)
Address
  • 1312 3rd Avenue North
  • Nashville, TN 37208
  • United States
+1 (615)

Dan Shockley Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
LFM Capital Investor Co-Founder & Managing Director Nashville, TN PE/Buyout

Dan Shockley Lead Partner on Deals (16)

Dan Shockley has been the lead partner on 16 deals. Their latest deal was with Marks Machinery, a machinery (b2b) company. The deal was made on 20-Jan-2025.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Marks Machinery 20-Jan-2025 Buyout/LBO Completed Machinery (B2B) Telford, TN
Drop Sprockets 13-Jun-2024 Completed Industrial Supplies and Parts South Slocan, Canada
Laser Precision 14-Jul-2023 Completed Other Commercial Services Libertyville, IL
Weller Metalworks 11-Jul-2023 Completed Industrial Supplies and Parts Nashville, TN
Muthig Industries 01-May-2023 Completed Industrial Supplies and Parts Fond Du Lac, WI
Langmuir Systems 20-Jan-2023 Completed Machinery (B2B) Conroe, TX
Novex 28-Jun-2022 Completed Industrial Supplies and Parts Barberton, OH
SureKap 29-Dec-2021 Completed Machinery (B2B) Winder, GA
IronCraft 30-Nov-2021 Buyout/LBO Completed Machinery (B2B) Athens, TN
Diamabrush 30-Sep-2020 Buyout/LBO Completed Industrial Supplies and Parts Sterling Heights, MI

Dan Shockley Network (49)

Portfolio Executives (45)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Keith Wheeler Marks Machinery Chief Executive Officer & President 20-Jan-2025 Telford, TN
Anders Malpass Drop Sprockets Founder, Chief Executive Officer & President 13-Jun-2024 South Slocan, Canada
Drop Sprockets Financial Controller 13-Jun-2024 South Slocan, Canada
Weller Metalworks President & Chief Executive Officer 11-Jul-2023 Nashville, TN
Weller Metalworks Chief Financial Officer 11-Jul-2023 Nashville, TN

Fund Team Members (4)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Frederic Reisner LFM Capital LFM Capital Partners II Nashville, TN
Stephen Cook LFM Capital LFM Capital Partners II Nashville, TN
LFM Capital Nashville, TN
LFM Capital Nashville, TN
LFM Capital Nashville, TN

Dan Shockley Affiliated Funds (3)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
LFM Capital Partners III LFM Capital Buyout Closed 2022
LFM Capital Partners II LFM Capital Buyout Closed 2018
LFM Longhorn Opportunity Fund LFM Capital Buyout Closed 2016

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