Mark Rowan Email & Phone Number

Grundy County, Tennessee, United States / Nashville, Tn

- Strategic & Corporate Development- Manage operations over four business units supporting the General Managers of each unit in developing best practices and managing their P&L- Process Control and Change Management- Treasury Management- Rental property development- Managed cash and operations through a period of hyper-growth of 100% YoY growth for two consecutive year with a third year coming in at 50% growth in revenue

Nashville, Boston, Bay Area

Collaborate with company visionaries/founders, investors and boards in identifying and executing product and channel strategies. Define organizational resource requirements and build infrastructures. Assess client processes and systems. Recommend go-to-market strategies around commercialization of technologies. Recent client engagements include health and wellness technology, GPS and Bluetooth location services, and machine learning companies

Natick, Ma

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Appointed to lead this JV-based mobile accessories startup, a spinoff of Griffin Technology, to take new industry-leading product that was co-developed with Apple to the healthcare record interoperability and digitization marketplace. Manage investor relations, contribution agreements, and LLC administration. Lead sales, business development, product development, supply chain, and other executive functions. Collaborate hand-on with executives and cross functional management teams at major… Show more Appointed to lead this JV-based mobile accessories startup, a spinoff of Griffin Technology, to take new industry-leading product that was co-developed with Apple to the healthcare record interoperability and digitization marketplace. Manage investor relations, contribution agreements, and LLC administration. Lead sales, business development, product development, supply chain, and other executive functions. Collaborate hand-on with executives and cross functional management teams at major healthcare systems in defining requirements and planning device rollout and integration. • Led startup of a mobile solution for medical company, negotiating contribution and operating agreements with JV partners.• Successfully launched product into major medical centers in fall 2016.• Company established revenue flow and achieved profitability in first quarter of operation. Show less

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Elevated after having taken company to industry prominence and sustainable record revenue through product and technology leadership to continue pioneering market opportunity and expand internationally. With hundreds of millions of dollars in profit and loss responsibility, direct reporting cross-functional team of six and 500 employees, ran day-to-day operations while providing product and company vision. Focused on concept-to-market product development process in rapidly-changing mobile… Show more Elevated after having taken company to industry prominence and sustainable record revenue through product and technology leadership to continue pioneering market opportunity and expand internationally. With hundreds of millions of dollars in profit and loss responsibility, direct reporting cross-functional team of six and 500 employees, ran day-to-day operations while providing product and company vision. Focused on concept-to-market product development process in rapidly-changing mobile accessories market with oversight of product roadmap. Led QC and manufacturing engineering. Developed customer insights group. Handled negotiations with major licensed brands. Participated in annual sales presentations to major customers and business reviews with manufacturing partners.• Established 35-person QC, manufacturing and engineering facility in PRC, creating company’s first official presence in China. • Conceived and developed Twenty, a connected amplifier that won Popular Mechanics’ Best of Show award at CES. • Launched with Crayola a co-branded suite of app-enabled hardware products, gaining broad retail distribution, and winning iLounge’s Best of Show at CES. • Launched line of app-enabled remote-controlled vehicles, winning Best of Show in CTIA.• Developed company’s first in-house prototype workshop.• Helped acquire Hong Kong production subsidiary, qualified by audit for Apple Made For iPhone (MFi) Lightning connector production as well as preferred vendor for major retailers.• Oversaw build out and relocation to new adaptive re-use 40K SF HQ site; won Excellence in Development Award by Urban Land Institute and Preservation Award from Metropolitan Historical Commission. Show less

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Initially joined product development team as employee #23 based on deep engineering and project design expertise to accelerate capability, productivity and commercialization of product innovations. Worked on iconic products including iTrip, PowerMate, RadioShark and Evolve speakers. Elevated to provided vision and leadership to drive aggressive growth and market expansion company-wide. Scaled department to attack growth market for mobile accessories. Established organizational structure to… Show more Initially joined product development team as employee #23 based on deep engineering and project design expertise to accelerate capability, productivity and commercialization of product innovations. Worked on iconic products including iTrip, PowerMate, RadioShark and Evolve speakers. Elevated to provided vision and leadership to drive aggressive growth and market expansion company-wide. Scaled department to attack growth market for mobile accessories. Established organizational structure to facilitate growth in resources, infrastructure, reporting and process flow.• Supported and contributed to exponential growth in revenue.• Expanded throughput of new product launches by large multiples.• Secured distribution in top retail outlets around the world, gaining category captainship in many cases. • Led product development teams in Nashville and Dongguan, China. Show less

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Provided system architecture and hardware design for digital audio processing core and audio I/O routing system for this manufacturer and marketer of large-format, professional audio mixing consoles. Primary involvement in circuit design, prototyping, beta test installations, continuing support and upgrade of systems. Oversaw installation of critical beta test installations.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Schematic capture and printed circuit board layout. CAD design of control panels, assembly and service materials. Technical documentation for sales support and service manuals. Served as comptroller and office manager.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Member of EMBA 30 cohort | Beta Gamma Sigma | Graduated with High Honors

Ba, Psychology