Proven Practitioners in the Art and Science of Growth

As Dialog’s CEO, Mark brings an unusual mix of C-suite, technology, healthcare and business development and marketing experience to bear on creating growth at all levels in and around an organization. Mark has been a vice president and general manager at a national telecom as well as Dell, and Microsoft. Having been a senior executive at leading hardware, software, and telecommunications companies, Mark has an exceptionally well-rounded view of marketing, ecosystem management, and the nature of the way technology is shaping our world.

Mark is skilled at identifying adjacent markets for business growth. As a corporate development executive, he has created over $1B in new venture revenue via acquisitions and alliances.

As vice president of marketing for Dell’s Small and Medium Business division, Mark was responsible for over $8B in revenue. During his tenure, he and his team reduced marketing cost per unit sold by more than 50% while nearly doubling share and improving brand perception. He also created Dell’s Solution Provider Direct program which The Wall Street Journal called “a beautiful strategy.”

As a GM, he has led multi-billion-dollar business units with thousands of employees, including Dell’s US Consumer Systems business, and served as CEO of Supercircuits, a Carlyle Group portfolio company which was twice named to Inc. Magazine’s list of fastest-growing companies in America. As SVP of marketing with Ameritech, Mark was one of a team of a dozen expatriates who turned a $4B stake in newly privatized National European telco Teledanmark into $10B. As a result, he is intimately familiar with successfully managing organizational change at small and large scale.

Mark worked in healthcare at the Boston Consulting Group where he encountered early end-to-end patient management thinking and helped to structure a relationship between Mayo Clinic and a new PPO provider. Mark is leveraging all this today to launch Panarchy, the world’s first ecosystem design collective which aims to address Sector-level issues like climate change and sustainability.

Originally from Zimbabwe, Mark has an undergraduate degree with highest distinction from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Wharton. He has been recognized by BtoB Magazine as one of the top 15 Direct Marketers in the US.