Mark is the President of Paragon Furniture – a 27 year old educational and technology focused furniture design and manufacturing company based in Arlington, Texas.  Since acquiring an equity stake in Paragon in 2004, Mark has lead the business through a significant restructuring of its distribution channels, as well as, rebranding and strengthening sales/marketing strategy and practices.  As the Paragon partner chiefly responsible for sales activities, Mark is heavily involved in all aspects of the customer experience.  Since 2004, Paragon sales have nearly doubled.

Previous to Paragon, Mark spent more than a decade working as a high net worth financial services professional, most recently with Lehman Brothers.  Mark earned a BA from The University of Oklahom in 1992.