Mark led software companies for more than 25 years before joining Corum. The most recent, SAinternational, Inc., was sold to a private equity firm, and the previous one, New Paradigm Software Corp., went through an IPO, before being sold again some years later to a private buyer. Mark was CEO through both sales. Prior to that, he was an investment banker in the UK, culminating as the CEO of the London Futures & Options Exchange. He holds a Master’s degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University.