Jodi Shelton

Jodi Shelton born April 3, is the co-founder and president of the Global Semiconductor Alliance, serving on its board of directors since its inception in 1994.

Shelton is also founder, president and CEO of the Shelton Group, which was also founded in 1994, originally as an investor relations (IR) firm to help public companies manage their IPO process. In 1997, she broadened Shelton Group’s practice to include public relations (PR), which provides the critical, strategic counsel and services needed for company and product launches, as well as pre- and post-IPO phases.

She began her career at Cyrix Corporation, where she became part of a three-person executive team that led the company’s IPO. Her positioning of Cyrix to the industry and the media as a formidable competitor to Intel Corporation resulted in hundreds of articles, including feature stories in major business press.

Jodi Shelton is the co-founder and president of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), which is now celebrating its 20 year anniversary. The GSA was founded in 1994 as the Fabless Semiconductor Association, representing fabless semiconductor companies across the globe. Shelton is also the founder, president and CEO of Shelton Group.

In her role with GSA, Shelton has become one of the leading spokespersons for the semiconductor industry and is often a keynote speaker at high-level financial and industry conferences, providing insight on key topics pertaining to the global semiconductor and electronics industries. Upon the advice of the GSA board and its members, Shelton’s further expanded GSA’s international presence when it opened offices in Taiwan in 2003. Since then, GSA has made additional progress in China, Europe, Japan and Israel. Furthermore, Shelton moved her family across the globe and spent six months in Shanghai in 2008 to help solidify GSA’s reputation and membership services in Asia. In recognition of her contributions she was invited to ring the closing bell on NASDAQ in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011.

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