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Accredited as an early-stage investor (Seed and Series A rounds) with a specific focus on emerging technologies associated with the transition to electrification, longevity and sustainable agriculture. Mark places particular emphasis on the product development credibility and marketing skills of the founders, as well as their understanding of the global, legal, and intellectual property landscape in which they operate.____________Prior professional experience was in the communications and IT industries.Executive product management, product marketing, strategic planning and network/IT outsourcing specialist for global companies.Built a global CDN product suite from scratch inside Level 3 and grew it to the second biggest platform inside 5 years.Combined a unique set of media capabilities, that include all of the elements for TV Everywhere, into one of the biggest IP/CDN platforms in the world.Implemented the first Agile development process inside the company and dramatically improved productivity and quality of development.Lead negotiator and business leader (commercial owner, solution designer) for extremely large global network/IT outsourcing deals in BT and Concert. Deal sizes ranged from $100M to $350M.Managed IT system deployments inside BT including network design, process re-acrchitecture, training and ISO accreditation.Specialties: Current Areas of expertise and study; VPN, Security, Internet, CDN, M&A, Strategic Planning, Digital Marketing, New Product Development, UX.