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With over 14 years of experience in public relations and marketing communications, Mark joined Impress PR in February 2007, following three years getting to know some of the ins and outs of Silicon Valley and the semiconductor industry with Positio PR, where he was Account Director and later Director of Client Services, overseeing the agency’s client roster. Prior to joining Positio, Mark worked in London for eight years in agency and in-house positions with companies such as Le Fevre, ClaraNET, Beattie Media, VLP and Ridgemount PR, specializing in business to business, mobile technology and communications, telecommunications, internet companies and consumer electronics. Mark has worked for a wide range of clients, including Amkor, ZiLOG, Surface Technology Systems, Epion, Cimetrix, Genus-Aixtron, British Telecom, BTopenworld, BT Cellnet/O2, Blackberry, Hewlett Packard, Pirelli, Caterpillar, Eastern Energy and even the rock band Marillion! During his time in London Mark spent a year on secondment in-house with British Telecom developing and launching the BTopenworld domestic and business high-speed internet service. A proud Northerner, Mark hails from Doncaster, UK and holds a BA (Hons) degree in Public Relations Studies from the respected PR course at Leeds Metropolitan University. During his time at Leeds, Mark spent a semester at the Hanzehoge International Business School in Groningen, The Netherlands, where he met Martijn Pierik. The rest, as they say, is history. | 