Bio

After earning a BSEE and MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, Mark began his career as a Product Manager for Aerotech, a small, high-end motion and automation company in Pittsburgh. He held positions of increasing responsibility over the next 18 years, including engineering management, manufacturing, and operations (COO). During that period, he both participated in and led significant changes in strategy and operations including the company’s first ERP and the introduction of engineered solutions to the Company’s portfolio of solutions. Assuming the role of President and CEO in 2009, Mark’s team expanded globally, highlighted by the installation of a disciplined sales process that tripled the size of the company to $120M. He recently relinquished his role as President to focus on his passion of building successful business by overseeing the strategic and organizational development of 3 new portfolio companies under the Aerotech umbrella.