Mark Arend is a Technical Architect at Statera, Inc. since April 2012, specializing in enterprise solutions utilizing SharePoint, Office 365, and Azure. Prior to this role, Mark worked at Microsoft from September 1999 to March 2012 as a SharePoint Consultant, where responsibilities included guiding enterprise customers through the development of SharePoint 2010 farms. Earlier experience includes serving as a Software Engineer at Corbis, leading development on interactive DVDs, and at HyperBole Studios as CTO, overseeing technical infrastructure and software development for multimedia projects. Mark’s career began at McDonnell Douglas, developing software for the International Space Station. Mark holds a BS in Computer Science from Drexel University and pursued an MS in Software Engineering at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.