Mark has over 18 years experience as a Talent Sherpa; guiding, leading and managing Human Capital/Talent Management expeditions. He's currently the Director of HR-Corporate Division serving the Sales, Marketing, Fleet & Logistics and Operational Excellence departments at Beacon Building Products. In his previous roles at Beacon Mark was the Director of HR-Operations Excellence (M&A, greenfields & optimization) for Beacon's Ambition 2025 growth strategy and Director of HR Operations and Compliance where he also led the HR Shared Services Center. He previously led Amtrak through the implementation of an enterprise learning/content management platform, designed the Amtrak strategic workforce planning process, led the implementation of an HR PMO, and served as HR's strategy guru. Clients he has previously led safely from basecamp to the mountain top include; U.S. Agency for International Development, Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force, US Patent and Trademark Office, General Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Institute, Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Across all these journeys he consulted on strategic workforce planning, organizational optimization and design, talent strategy development, HR policy analysis and compliance, HR ROI, talent analytics, and leadership development.