Mark Cates possesses expertise in mergers, integration, program management, strategy, itil and 11 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Mark is a class-act decision maker, an all around great guy and our team enjoyed working with him." and "I have known Mark since 1997, while I was heading up the facilities expansion for First Union Capital Markets. Mark was my contact for 3 years as he headed up the IT group. I worked closely with Mark almost on a daily basis. He is a responsible, knowledgeable professional who was instrumental in evaluating various options, and making recommendations for appropriate action as we considered alternatives for growing the securities business in new cities, such as NY, San Fran, LA, Houston, Chicago, Baltimore etc. Mark was an ideal partner and I recommend him highly."