Primary Job Title Chief Financial Officer Primary Organization 
Collaborative Software Initiative
Gender Male
Mark Gardiner is the Chief Financial Officer of Collaborative Software Initiative.
Mr. Gardiner enjoys more than 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, executive and financial and business advisor in a broad range of industries. He was most recently the President and CEO of Octavian Scientific, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturer funded by $10
million in venture capital and debt financing.
Before Octavian, Mr. Gardiner served numerous clients in a 20+ year consulting career, spearheading more than $10 billion of debt and equity financing. Recent projects include serving as a business advisor to the Oregon Health and Science University for the River Campus/South Waterfront project, a $2+ billion biotechnology, academic, clinical, housing, and commercial mixed-use development.
He recently served on the Oregon Investment Council, which oversees the $60+ billion portfolios for Oregon’s public pension and trust funds. From 1979 to 1985, Mr. Gardiner was City Economist, Budget Officer, and ultimately CFO/CAO of a $700 million-budget public corporation – the City of Portland, Oregon – with a tenure spanning the terms of four mayors.
