Corporate Leadership

C-Level Experience

Mark’s substantial experience in management and operations at the C-Level in public and private companies, both domestic and international, has given him the tools to successfully manage a business, its investors, and its employees. Mark is able to act as a process and project manager for companies in various industries.

Mark was General Counsel and Secretary of Natus Medical, a publicly traded high-tech medical device company, when Sarbanes-Oxley was enacted. He has taken a leadership role in implementing corporate governance best practices in a post-Sarbanes environment.

Mark’s current activities include:

• Corporate Secretary of PixoVR Corp., an enterprise VR company hosting and creating VR content for HR training of employees.
• Advisor to Ken Traverso, CEO of SafeinHome.com.
• President and Secretary of North Plate Semiconductor LLC, a patent monetization entity that owns and enforces patents in telecom, communication, imaging, and other fields.
• President and Secretary of Volumetrics Medical Systems LLC, a Duke University technology spinoff creating new methods of ultrasound medical imaging. For a decade, he led predecessor Volumetrics Medical Imaging LLC to successfully license its real-time 3D/4D patents to every major company in the global medical ultrasound industry, providing a substantial return to its investors and employees, including Duke University.
• Advising other privately held technology and medical device companies.

Startup Experience

Mark often works with startups at all stages of the business lifecycle, from new venture creation to initial public offering or acquisition. He has more than 30 years of experience in the high-tech industry in Silicon Valley, Portland’s Silicon Forest, Route 128, the Research Triangle in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, Medical Alley, and the high-tech centers in India, Hong Kong, and Japan.

Mark helps entrepreneurs refine their business plans, obtain funding, and start up their operations. He has guided numerous startups throughout their lifecycles. Mark has been substantially involved with more than 10 companies from early stages through public offering or sale, including:

• Natus Medical Inc.
• Brooktrout Technologies Inc.
• Protocol Medical Inc.
• Volumetrics Medical Imaging Inc./LLC
• Peregrine Networks Inc.
• Possis Medical Inc.
• TrusJoist Corp.
• St. Jude Medical Inc.
• Fluid Management LP

He has been involved with exits by Qualcomm, WelchAllyn, Abbott Laboratories, Idex, Weyerhaeuser, Siemens, Philips, Bayer, Applied Materials, NEC, and others.

Outside General Counsel

Mark is experienced in serving as outside general counsel to boards of directors, members, and committees. His depth of experience working with businesses of various stages and sizes allows him to quickly understand and assist companies with management and strategy issues. He also often sits on the board of directors for businesses seeking someone with a strong business, finance, and legal background.

Mark can act as outside general counsel for businesses who need a knowledgeable and skilled lawyer to help navigate compliance, regulations, operations, and other matters. He provides advice on business transactions, financing transactions, investor relations, and international trade matters, drawing on his decades of experience of practice in international law, securities, and finance. Mark provides general counsel services including:

• Business development
• IP strategy and rights including SEP and FRAND
• Domestic and international regulatory approvals and clinical affairs
• Government affairs
• Finance, bookkeeping, and accounting system design, oversight, and management
• Litigation planning and management
• Domestic and international sales, marketing, and service agreements
• Corporate governance, Board of Directors, Advisory Board
• Human Resources