Shiju leads the firm’s strategic mission to build community across its service areas and within its portfolio businesses.  He sources and executes all M&A opportunities both on the business and property sides of the organization.  Shiju is active in daily operations and possesses trade certifications with the industry-leading Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).  Moreover, he represents the organization across numerous local and national networks of industry professionals and entrepreneurs.
Across his career, Shiju has advised, underwrote, or participated in over 100 transactions totaling over $13 billion.  His last six transactions were as an owner-operator-proprietor.  Earlier in his career, Shiju was an investment banker at Lazard (Houston) and JPMorgan (New York City), focused on M&A and debt capital markets.  He currently splits his time between Colorado and Texas.
M.S. in Mineral and Energy Economics, Colorado School of Mines

M.S. in Economics and Management, French Institute of Petroleum – IFP

B.B.A. in Finance, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin

B.A. in History & Religion, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Austin