Mark Shields
Partner
Mark Shields directs general management consulting assignments in the defense, transportation, and logistics sectors at The Avascent Group. He has extensive experience in strategic planning, market analysis, operations improvement, organizational restructuring, logistics, and e-commerce. His clients have included leading companies in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa.
More recently, Mark has addressed a range of strategy, merger and acquisition, marketing and competitive strategy, logistics strategy, operations and organizational issues for prominent aerospace and defense clients.
In addition to his consulting experience, Mark has served at the executive level at Capital One, where he managed operations improvement initiatives for divisions in Canada and South Africa. He was also a vice president on the founding team of Military.com. Before receiving his M.B.A. from the Darden School of the University of Virginia, he served as a Regular Army Infantry Officer. He holds a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point.