Mary M. Shannon

Mary Shannon is Tiger Iron’s Chief Operations Officer and first worked in venture almost 30 years ago at the firm Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. Working with investor relations and watching startups such as Powersoft and Berkeley Systems (she still remembers the Flying Toasters screensaver) progress from early stages to exit inspired her to pursue an MBA at Boston College.
As part of a Global Finance course her second year at BC, Mary began her world travel adventures with a class trip to Asia.
She continued to focus on international business when she joined Liberty Mutual Insurance as the company expanded worldwide.
She held positions with Liberty in both corporate finance and its international business unit, and participated in and later led M&A teams worldwide, including Australia, Thailand, Sweden, United Kingdom, Singapore, and Colombia.
Mary spends her free time with her three children and husband of over 20 years.
She is an avid volunteer in her community and on weekends can be found in the stands cheering on her kids at their various athletic events (cowbell optional).
She loves to travel, ski, cook and play classic rock when driving the hockey carpool.
Mary holds a Bachelor of Arts in French from the College of the Holy Cross, where she witnessed the budding romance between Becky and Mark Connolly, Becky’s husband to-be.
(Becky politely does not remind Mary who graduated first from college.) She also holds a Masters of Business Administration from Boston College.