Location Washington DC Metro Area, United States, North America Regions East Coast Gender Male
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Mark is a Co-Founder, Advisor, and former Chief Product and AI Officer at Heartbeat Health, a health tech startup working to deliver the most effective, efficient, and engaging heart care in the world.
He is an Adjunct Associate Professor within the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at GWU. Mark, a highly cited researcher, has authored
numerous peer-reviewed publications and patents.
Mark is a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners and on the Board of Advisors at Enabled Intelligence.
He was a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of FastRope Labs, a product research, design, and development firm for global innovators, such as Gensler, Network for Good, and the US State Department. Their work was featured in Forbes, USA Today, CNN, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, and Fortune. FastRope merged with ThinkNimble in 2021.
Mark was a Co-Founder and Head of Technology and Product at BeClose, a health tech company that promoted healthy, independent living with custom IoT hardware and AI-powered cloud services. Proving efficacy in numerous studies, including a CMS CMMI grant, BeClose gained full reimbursement by public payors throughout North America and partnered with private payors and large providers, such as United Healthcare and Partners HealthCare. BeClose was featured in TechCrunch, Fast Company, VentureBeat, The New York Times, CNN, NPR, and USA Today. In 2014, BeClose merged with its technology partner and strategic investor, Alarm.com. Mark spearheaded strategic special projects, led platforms and health innovations, and reported to the C-suite during the Alarm.com IPO in 2015.
He completed his PhD in electrical engineering as an ARCS Scholar at UVA, where he designed and applied wearable sensors to better diagnose and treat movement disorders resulting from Parkinson’s and essential tremor, NPH, MS, and MTBI. Mark created TEMPO, a medical technology utilized in neurosurgical, psychiatric, and orthopedic clinical trials at major health institutions, including the UVA Health System and Carilion Clinic. His work was covered by Computer Magazine, Healthcare IT News, and Medgadget.
