Shawn L Kelly

Bio

Shawn L. Kelly is a Managing Director of Teakwood Capital. His career has centered on financing and building growth stage companies. Previously, Shawn founded and was President of Cinque Terra Holdings, which sourced and negotiated the purchase of a major consumer product importing company. Prior to Cinque Terra Holdings, Shawn was with Austin Ventures, where he co-opened the firm's Dallas offices. During his tenure, the firm grew from $450 million to $3.0 billion of capital under management. Shawn invested in and was active with the Boards of twelve growth-stage businesses, including Service Intelligence (Acquired: Global Compliance), Spatial Wireless (NYSE: ALA) and VocalData (NASDAQ: TKLC). Shawn began his career in investment banking, with J.C. Bradford & Co. in Nashville, where he specialized in private equity and mergers & acquisitions.Shawn is an active member of the Lone Star Chapter of the Young Presidents' Organization and of the Dallas Leadership Council. Shawn resides in Dallas, Texas. Shawn earned a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Master in Professional Accounting and a Bachelor of Business Administration with High Honors from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.