Mark Strauss Email & Phone Number

Stratford, Connecticut, Us

WaveAerospace builds unmanned aircraft that carry our customer’s most critical payloads. What differentiates our aircraft from other aerial systems is our ability to fly in winds and weather that grounds other aircraft. Whether your mission is BVLOS reconnaissance, communications, tactical logistics, or airspace denial, we fly day or night.Built on our proprietary, hybrid platform, our aircraft fly outside the inherent design limitations of winged and wingless rotorcraft. Payload agnostic. Your mission determines the aircraft’s configuration—from long-range, low radar profile to VTOL off the deck of a ship in Force 10 conditions. We fly when no one else can.

Glendale, Wisconsin, Us

Hired as full-time Marketing Principal by medical technology corporation, SMARTMD, following 6-months as consultant. Mr. Strauss’ responsibilities include the oversight and success of all marketing activities of the corporation, including digital, conventional, social media, measurement and analytics. Other responsibilities include guidance for development of new & existing services including ongoing mobile software development and total user experience (UX) throughout SMARTMD’s entire product and service ecosystem.Mr. Strauss also serves as Privacy Officer where he was the author of the company's 2017 NIST security audit and strategic advisor to the CEO regarding business development.Founded in 1999, SMARTMD, currently provides and supports critical operational functions to thousands of medical professionals and institutions throughout the United and Canada. With offices in Atlanta, Milwaukee and Stamford, SMARTMD’s team of hundreds of US-based service providers and strong focus on compliance and security, position the company as a leader in the MedTech industry.Mr. Strauss continues to lecture at The New School for Design in New York where he teaches marketing and branding.

For over a decade, leader of TOGO Media, specializing in marketing, analytics and predictive analysis. Mr. Strauss is also a regular lecturer at Parsons, The New School for Design in New York where he teaches marketing and branding (@TheNewSchool was recently selected as one of the top 10 design schools in the world by US News). Mr. Strauss is currently ranked in the top 0.1% of marketing professionals, with a weekly personal reach, regularly over 500,000 unique individuals, worldwide. TOGO Media specializes in marketing by leveraging shared influence, with emphasis on organic engagement and marketing analytics.Mr. Strauss also serves as an Expert Witness on digital media & marketing in civil litigation. He was recently selected from among multiple candidates for his ability to communicate complex digital media topics in the legal forum.

Selected as COO after multi-year marketing work for company to scale new manufacturing facilities, on-site, in India and China. Developed and trained personnel in collaborative supply chain monitoring and worldwide logistics. Identified potential savings of up to 30% in manufacturing, without impacting product quality or safety.Integrated POS software with multiple vendors’ SPS EDI feeds and developed automated process to manage order-flow with North American fulfillment contractor. Automated and hardened internal systems, security and operations inline with best practices and compliancy.

Bethel, Ct, Us

Founded Educational Innovations, independently selected as one of the United States' top 20 science education suppliers. A supplier and manufacturer of highly specialized teaching and demonstration materials including those seen on Disney's ‟Bill Nye, The Science Guy” and the science segments on the Leno, Letterman and Ellen shows. Exit via sale to pursue TOGO Media (see above).► Built company from inception to over 66 countries in less than 10 years.► Designed direct marketing campaign with response rates 300-400% greater than industry averages.► Negotiated dealer, distributor and manufacturing contracts for over 1000 products from 300 US and international vendors.► Developed e-commerce software and logistics for live-quoting costs to any country in the world (before Amazon).► Led corporate headquarters scaling to 500% larger facility with zero down time.► Developed protocol, training and crisis management for best customer service in industry.

Founded respected consulting firm. Clients included schools, districts, universities, museums, media and corporations throughout the United States and Canada. Delivered more than 300 lectures and keynote presentations to professional and public audiences up to 2500.Clients included: Wesleyan University • Greenwich Public Schools • WGBH Public Television • Sacred Heart University • CPTV Public Television • The US Department of Energy • New York Hall of Science • Phillips Petroleum

Greenwich, Ct, Us

Youngest Vice President in the 100-year history of the AMA-accredited Bruce Museum of Art and Science. Served in a variety of creative and leadership capacities including marketing and strategic planning. Worked closely with both the 30-member Board of Directors and staff, playing a key role in the hiring of a new Executive Director. ► Led development of institution-wide, 5-year strategic plan for educational exhibits, programming and marketing.► Actively managed complex relationship between large, empowered Board of Directors and museum administration.► Curated distinctive exhibits in the museum’s changing education exhibit spaces.

Lead developer in a project to benchmark training efficiency and effectiveness in large (1000+ employees) organizations. Based on information system and distributed computing benchmarking strategies, Evaluation Research quantitatively measured organizational training efficiency with high consistency to facilitate audit and comparison.

Responsible for training senior-level and C-level executives. Corporate Intelligence Management’s workshops and services were a first step for executives charged with managing change and reengineering in their companies. Custom training and consulting services focused on advanced strategies for management of high-stress environments, habitual behavior and directing organizational change.

One of the 4-member, Connecticut grant review panel charged with reviewing, selecting and funding grants submitted by colleges and universities through the Federal Eisenhower Higher Education Grant Program. Reported directly to the Connecticut Commissioner of Higher Education.