Leo Sharkey

Director

MA SBDC

Leo Sharkey is a former Independent Business Consultant with both large and small business experience.  He has worked as a semiconductor engineer for I.B.M., an engineering manager with Rohm & Haas and was the General Manager of a $45 Million P&L center for Siemens Water Technologies. He has a B.S. Chemistry, M.S. Mechanical Engineering and an MBA. He has also coached 10 semesters of teams for the University of Minnesota Acara Institute business plan competition and has taught social entrepreneurship workshops in Thailand, Uganda and Rwanda.  Leo has been a serial entrepreneur with interests in woodworking, real estate and the craft alcohol industry.  When not working, he spends time on his hobby farm in Sutton and trains for triathlons.