Mark is a Senior Manager with Capital Edge Consulting, Inc. His areas of expertise include U.S. government contract and subcontract negotiations, management and administration, Federal Acquisition Regulations and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (FAR/DFARS) compliance, Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR) readiness through recovery, contract risk analysis, and small business subcontracting plan development. Mark has served in progressive management roles for large government contractors throughout his career, most recently leading a team of more than 50 members supporting CONUS and OCONUS operations.

Mark is an international procurement, contracts, and project management professional with over 30 years of management experience in small business compliance and outreach, mergers and acquisitions, international deployment and logistics, and export control in domestic and international arenas. Mark has supported numerous government customers, including the U.S. Departments of Defense, Energy, Justice, State, Treasury, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, the Agency for International Development, and numerous commercial and international customers. He has successfully prepared numerous companies for CPSRs. The preparation included review and compliance assessments of procurement files, procurement manual revision, development of procurement forms and checklists, extensive FAR/DFARS training on CPSR-oriented topics and comprehensive procurement file remediation.

Prior to joining Capital Edge, Mark held numerous senior level positions with several international companies, including Vice President for Contracts and Supply Chain Management, and Vice President and Business Unit Procurement Director.

Specific areas of government contract consulting expertise include:

• FAR/DFARS
• DCMA CPSR Readiness
• Contract Risk Analysis
• Negotiation and Administration
• Contract/Subcontract Drafting
• Price Analysis and Source Justification
• International Deployment and Logistics
• Export Control

Mark graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations.