Education
Shields graduated from Stanford University (Bachelor, 1954 and Master of Business Administration 1956) and then served in the military for two years.
Businessman vice president of operations
Shields graduated from Stanford University (Bachelor, 1954 and Master of Business Administration 1956) and then served in the military for two years.
Shields was voted the Master Entrepreneur of the Los Angeles Area in 1993. Following that Shields joined Macy"s California, a department store chain, in their executive training program, rising to the position of Vice President of Operations. In 1979 Shields left Macy"s to join Mervyn"s Department Stores to help in their national expansion program
In the nine years he was with them, Mervyn"s expanded from 36 to 175 stores.
His retirement from Mervyn"s in 1987 lasted for five weeks. What was started out a consulting assignment led to Shields becoming Chief Executive Officer of TJ"s a year later, when Coulombe decided to retire.
During Shield"s tenure TJ"s grew from 27 stores to 174 stores, and from $132 million to $2 billion in sales. He retired from TJ"s in 2001.