Mark W.

Mark W. serves as the Director of UM Ventures at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, focusing on economic development and startup formation within Maryland. Mark has extensive experience in executive leadership and management roles, including positions as Assistant Director and Senior Licensing Officer at UM Ventures, and as a Principal Consultant at ECG Consulting, LLC, where strategic consulting services are provided to foster innovation and market transition for technologies. Additionally, Mark holds board positions and has experience as an adjunct instructor at Loyola University Maryland. Previous roles include Chief Operating Officer and Director of Research and Development at Sterilex, where significant revenue growth was achieved, and various management roles at J.M. Huber Corporation that contributed to developing a pharmaceutical and nutritional ingredient processing business. Mark holds multiple advanced degrees, including two MBAs and a Ph.D. in Chemistry, demonstrating a robust academic background in finance and the sciences.