Mark Dwight
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Founder/CEO/Owner at Rickshaw Bagworks at Rickshaw Bagworks
Location: San Francisco, California, United States 14 work roles 2 schools
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Mark Dwight previously worked as Founder/Owner at Rickshaw Bagworks and Board Member at Pepperwood. Mark Dwight holds Mba, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies from Stanford University Graduate School Of Business.

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Mark Dwight is the founder and owner of Rickshaw Bagworks, a San Francisco-based manufacturer of custom messenger bags, backpacks, computer carrying cases, tote bags, laptop/tablet sleeves and related everyday carry (EDC) accessories. Rickshaw manufactures its own products in its own sewing factory in the historic Dogpatch neighborhood in San Francisco. Mark is also the founder of SFMade, an organization supporting San Francisco-based manufacturers and promoting job growth in the local manufacturing sector. Prior to founding Rickshaw, Mark was the CEO of Timbuk2 Designs (2002-2006), another San Francisco-based bag manufacturer. Before he started designing and making bags, Mark spent 20 years working in various Silicon Valley technology companies, including Spectra-Physics, KLA Instruments (KLA-Tencor), Digital Microwave (Aviat Networks), Astro Studios, Kensington, Ardent Communications and Cisco Systems (1997-2001).Board of Directors, Pepperwood Preserve (2022-Present).Author: Business Simple: A Three Point Checklist for Business Success ("The most important business book you'll ever read in less than 60 seconds."), available at rickshawbags.com.Board of Directors, SF Chamber of Commerce (2004-2011, 2013-2016).Commissioner, San Francisco Small Business Commission (2012-2019).Education: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1982) and an MBA (1989), both from Stanford University.Mark wrote the MADE column for Inc. Magazine (2013-2014): http://www.inc.com/author/mark-dwightRecognition:California Chamber of Commerce, 2014 Small Business Advocate of the Year (http://bit.ly/UwpgPG)San Francisco Small Business Network, 2014 Influential Individual Award (http://sfsbn.org/Annual-Gala)Specialties: Product design and development, brand development, manufacturing operations, small business management.

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Rickshaw Bagworks
Rickshaw Bagworks
Founder/CEO/Owner at Rickshaw Bagworks
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Founder/Owner

Current

San Francisco, CA, US

Founded Rickshaw to specialize in design and manufacturing of custom messenger bags, backpacks, computer carrying cases and related accessories, especially for urban commuters and cyclists—and to explore and experiment with sustainable design, manufacturing and business concepts. We manufacture our own products in our own factory, right here in San.

May 2007 - Present

Board Member

Current

Santa Rosa, California, US

Sep 2022 - Present

Commissioner, Small Business Commission

San Francisco, CA, US

Appointed for two 4-year terms by the late Mayor Ed Lee. Helped launch the SF Legacy Business Registry & Assistance program. Retired December 2019.

Jan 2012 - Dec 2019

Board Member

San Francisco, CA, US

Served 2004 to 2011. Took a two-year break while serving as Chairman of the Board of SFMade. Rejoined September 2013. Resigned November 2016 to found and lead the Dogpatch Business Association.

Sep 2004 - Nov 2016

Founder

San Francisco, California, US

Founded SFMade to promote local manufacturing and job growth in the manufacturing sector. I originally conceived SFMade as a "geographic ingredient branding" concept, based upon Intel's successful "Intel Inside" technology ingredient branding program. SFMade has since evolved into a powerful economic development platform. Since its official launch in 2010.

Jan 2010 - Dec 2013

Ceo

San Francisco, California, US

Joined Timbuk2 as investor/CEO and organized the recapitalization of the company. Managed the financial turnaround to profitability and sales growth from $4M in 2002 to $19M in 2006. Sold the company to private equity investors in 2005. Departed 8 months after the sale.

Sep 2002 - May 2006

Senior Product Manager

San Jose, CA, US

Joined Cisco in the acquisition of Ardent Communications in 1995 (after working at Ardent for just 3 months—thanks to my other best friend and fraternity brother Joe Golden). It was an exciting time at Cisco, during the go-go years of Dot Com 1.0, and the bursting of the first dot com bubble. I spent my first year at Cisco as the project leader for the.

Apr 1997 - Apr 2001

Director Of New Product Development

Burlingame, California, US

Oversaw development of PC accessories, including computer briefcases, CD storage cases, surge protectors and physical security accessories.

1995 - 1997 ~2 yrs

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, US

Co-founded Astro with Brett Lovelady. Together, we launched SportsClickers (novelty universal TV remote controllers) with partner, Universal Electronics. Joined our client, Kensington, in 1995. Worked with Brett and Astro on several projects while at Kensington.

1993 - 1995 ~2 yrs

Business Development

Lunar Design

A brief stint at Lunar, after working with them at LabIntelligence, and before launching Astro Studios.

Jan 1993 - Jul 1993

Coo

Labintelligence

An unsuccessful start-up developing a benchtop gel electrophoresis instrument.

1991 - 1992 ~1 yr

Product Marketing Manager

Austin, Texas, US

Joined the company when it was just a year old, still private, and called Digital Microwave Corporation (DMC). Co-founder William Gibson was a fabulous mentor to me. I took an 18-month break from DMC in 1987 to get my MBA at Stanford. Thanks Bill!

1985 - 1990 ~5 yrs

Manufacturing Engineer

Milpitas, California, US

My first job after graduating from Stanford—thanks to my best friend and fraternity brother, Derek Granath.

1982 - 1985 ~3 yrs
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Mark Dwight education

Mba, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Stanford University Graduate School Of Business

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Stanford University
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Mark Dwight is listed as Founder/CEO/Owner at Rickshaw Bagworks at Rickshaw Bagworks.

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Mark Dwight is based in San Francisco, California, United States while working with Rickshaw Bagworks.

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Mark Dwight has worked for Rickshaw Bagworks, Pepperwood, City And County Of San Francisco, San Francisco Chamber Of Commerce, and Sfmade.

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Mark Dwight holds Mba, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies from Stanford University Graduate School Of Business.

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