Jim was a founder and managing partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners, a buyout private equity fund that invests in industrial and services B2B operating businesses with proven and sustainable business models. Today it has over a $2.2 billion AUM.  The fund has made more than 100 acquisitions in the Middle Market over its almost 20 years of existence. Shepard received his B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University and then went on to the University of Pennsylvania to earn an M.S. in systems engineering.