Shamari Full Bio

Shamari Shields, even as a child, he was a dreamer…he still is. His entrepreneurial pursuits have carried him up an
amazing path in life.
He has worked with the Democratic Party of Florida and South Florida. He has served as a field director for Voices
for working Families. In 2004 Mr. Shields worked on the Kerry Edwards Presidential Campaign Finance Committee
for South Florida. He served as senior adviser to former Florida State Representative (Ret.) Willie Logan. Mr.
Shields has also served as a campaign aide to Congresswoman Corrine Brown and Congressman Kendrick Meeks.
Currently he is Founder and CEO of Mi-TECH Distribution, LLC; a high value technical distribution company that
brings innovation through technology. Mi-TECH is a distribution company that brings the most cutting edge
products to market that improves quality of life for the end buyer. Mi-TECH is intentionally disrupting the status
quo in distribution by lowering the barriers of entry to market for inventors, manufacturers and buyers alike.
In 1999 at the age of nineteen Mr. Shields acquired his first company, Onege’ Fine Custom Clothing, in
Jacksonville, FL. The first year that Mr. Shields assumed leadership of marketing and sales, the men’s custom
clothier increased revenues by 300% taking the company to seven-digit sales, which continued for three years at
which time Mr. Shields liquidated his interests in the firm and transitioned to real estate marketing and investing in
Central Florida. In 2006 Mr. Shields Co-Founded Tel-Net Telecommunications, Inc. in Atlanta, Ga. As the director
of marketing Mr. Shields worked with T-Mobile and Boost Mobile to open urban markets and design engaging
strategies that captured millennial buyers. In 2008 after liquidating his shares in Tel-Net, Mr. Shields transitioned to
property zoning, growing his client list in Atlanta/Fulton County while representing Georgia Metro Zoning as a
zoning and land use lobbyist.
Mr. Shields has been a trailblazer in the private equity space and led investment rounds for Hollywood producer
Jonathan Krane and Divide Nine Animation a feature film, social media and gaming company. He is a charter
member of the Atlanta Wealth Society, Inc. and is active with the World Trade Center Atlanta. His passion for
helping young people thrive is evident in his philanthropic work. He spends personal time as a fundraiser for the
United Negro College Fund. Mr. Shields is Co-Founder and Senior Adviser to B.A.C.K.S.A.C.K International (Be A
Corporate Kid, Support A Corporate Kid), which helps kids become entrepreneurs. Mr. Shields is a pro bono
consultant for the A.D. King Foundation, Justice for Girls and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a
Civil Rights Organization co-founded by Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. in 1957.
Shamari is living his dreams and is committed to helping others live theirs. Shamari Shields is a visionary and
thought leader who looks to the future and learns from the past, he believes that the evolution of the Civil Rights
movement has come and is to be embodied as the Right to Dream Movement. Mr. Shields does believe in Global
Warming and says we must all work together to reduce our carbon footprint and end human trafficking.
Mr. Shields delivers keynotes and has been an active panelist on entrepreneurship, sex trafficking, millennial
philanthropy, and business development.

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