Mark started his IT career in 1991 working for a computer retailer in Kansas City, MO selling and supporting personal computers. He then moved on to support the data systems at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City where he was responsible for network and systems support. Mark then managed a support staff for a small software design company where he managed the internal network and server infrastructure as well as an installation and support team.

Mark landed at Harley-Davidson Motor Company in 1998 in the network operations team supporting the new manufacturing plant in Kansas City. While with Harley he has served several roles within the company finally landing in his current position as Senior Technical Lead Data Center Facilities. In this role Mark bridges the gap between facilities and IT. Mark brings his IT experience and facilities knowledge to better support the IT systems in the data center. Harley-Davidson Motor Company has continued to grow its business globally and Mark’s team has coordinated the installation and implementation of needed data center components. He also led the IT team in the completion in the construction of a new data center in Milwaukee Wisconsin where the team was responsible for the planning, design, and construction phases of the project.