For 15 years, Mark has been advising executives and their management teams, helping them to develop a quantitative understanding of industry dynamics, market and customer segments, and how best to pursue those segments. He likes to get specific about customer buying behaviors and needs then structuring optimum ways to meet those needs. Mark frequently lends his industry knowledge and expertise to Stax s private equity clients, seeking a better understanding of market conditions and long-term potential of a target. Mark s industry expertise includes financial services, industrials, transportation, and logistics and consumer/retail. Within financial services, Mark has particular expertise in the non-banked and under-banked market, a large and growing market segment covering a wide range of economic and ethnic customer segments. Since 2000, he has been working with healthcare companies, helping major payors and providers gain deeper insights into industry dynamics, long-term patient trends, doctor choices, and consumer choice to maximize performance of their businesses. Before joining Stax in 1995, Mark was a consultant with CDI, working with clients in financial services, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. His entrepreneurial experiences include design and development of a 25 sailboat, and work as a yacht designer. Mark has been published in The Deal, and his work for Chevron Shipping Company improving asset utilization of the shipping fleet was published in Maritime Policy and Management. He holds an MBA and an MS in Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan and a BSE with honors in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University.