Shannon Cole

Lecturer, Analytics

Shannon Cole is a financial and business development leader with 20+ years of experience in Technology and Health Care. She has held leadership roles at IDEXX and IBM in Financial Planning and Analysis, Business Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, Pricing, and IT Service Delivery Operations. She earned her Masters of Business Administration at Columbia Business School and London Business School, with a focus on entrepreneurship and how companies experience and fund growth. Previously, Cole attained her Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Bentley University.  Having worked in 20+ countries during her career, Cole has overseen key investment decisions and business expansion efforts in the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia, and R&D and IP development investments in Africa and Asia. She is passionate about the use of technology to improve our daily lives, planet health, and social and public health advancement.

She lives with her husband and two children south of Portland, Maine, and enjoys hiking, yoga, horse riding, and paddleboarding in her free time.