Herb Shear

Herb Shear is an Operating Advisor with Cambridge Capital. Herb spent his career as principal owner, chairman and chief executive officer of GENCO Supply Chain Solutions, North America's 2nd largest and a Top 50 Global third-party logistics provider based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Joining GENCO in 1971, Herb became the family's third generation involved in the logistics business. Herb successfully transformed the company by pioneering supply chain processes, which focused on optimizing the value of customer assets. In the early 90s he founded the centralized returns process, known today as reverse logistics, through partnership and collaboration with leading retail and manufacturing companies.

Herb holds a bachelor's degree in Finance & Marketing and completed post-graduate studies in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University. He has also completed Executive Entrepreneurial and Leadership Programs at Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University and Northwestern University.