Joe Shelton

Joe Shelton was a marketing analyst at Apple Computer.

Education
Shelton received an M.B.A. from in 1982, while employed at Apple.

Career
Shelton joined Apple in 1979 as employee #345. However, due to staff turnover, there only about 100 people at Apple at that time. He soon became the product manager for Apple Writer. By 1981, Shelton was concerned that the Apple Software Publishing group was projecting unrealistic sale numbers for Apple II software and decided turn in his resignation. Instead, he encountered co-founder Steve Jobs who made him the product marketing manager of the Macintosh project. Shelton remained at Apple until 1992.