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Mark Bannon is a seasoned Vice President of Sales with an impressive record of achievement showcasing more than twenty-five years of proven success in domestic and international sales and technical services management, marketing, operations, and channel and business development. Bannon has an exceptional track record in penetrating new markets with cutting edge solutions, cultivating vital strategic relationships and achieving challenging P&L targets against strong competition. Bannon is an expert at building and managing cross-functional teams, delivering high ticket software solutions encompassing a wide range of technologies to the Fortune 1000, Government and Telco markets. Bannon has held P&L and Operations responsibility, significantly growing revenues in a variety of successful public and privately held companies including Syntrex Systems, Banyan Systems, Cayman Systems, Big Sky Technologies and Ultimus. Recently Bannon served as the VP WW Sales Operations for Phonetic Systems, a leading provider of voice enabled search solutions to the Fortune 500 and Telco markets. Bannon directed the go-to-market strategy for Phonetic Systems from its commercial launch in 1998 until its successful acquisition by Nuance Communications in 2005. Mark attended American International College and is an honors graduate with a BS in Business Administration. | 