Primary Job Title Partner Primary Organization 
No 8 Ventures
Location Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States Regions West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Mark joined No 8 Ventures as Director in May 2002. Prior to this, Mark had a 20 year operational career in the computer industry in the US and the UK spanning the systems, software and OEM sectors.
His responsibilities ranged from sales and marketing to product development, strategic planning, IT and mergers and acquisitions. Most recently Mark
was the Senior Vice President at QLogic Corporation (a very successful NASDAQ-100 and S&P500 company) with responsibility for the Computer Systems and Switch Products Groups.
Prior to QLogic, Mark was Vice President, Sales and Marketing for the Storage Systems Division of Unisys. He also held a number of sales and marketing positions with Unisys, DEC and Zitel. For No 8 Ventures, Mark is currently a director of Esphion Ltd, PayGlobal Ltd, English To Go Ltd and EDIS International Ltd.
Mark is a foundation sponsor of the University of Auckland Spark entrepreneurial programme and an advisor to World Vision on Micro Finance. Mark holds a BSc (Honours) in Business Studies from City University, London, and graduated from the Marketing Management Program at Stanford Business School.
