Mark Davidson

Mark Davidson is an accomplished executive with 40 years of experience in the technology industry. He specializes in uncovering business problems that can be resolved through technology, and he possesses an intimate understanding of data center infrastructure, cloud, graph databases, security, IOT, semiconductors, and application development. Over the course of his career, Mark has held numerous C-Level roles, during which he has influenced key markets and prominent enterprises. He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from The University of Memphis.

Some of Mark's notable roles include being the Chief Architect - Technology and Digital at NEOM, the IOT Vertical Solutions Architect at Cisco, the Sustainability Officer at JouleX, the Managing Partner at DMS Consulting, the Chief Information Security Officer at HomeBanc Mortgage, and the CTO at Authentisure. He has also held various other positions at companies such as Cisco Systems, ISS, Wellpoint, iBenefits, California Network Solutions, Wheelgroup, Tivoli, EMC, Motorola, and Automation Engineering.

Mark's specialties include architecture, SOX, PCI, HIPPA, disaster recovery, security posture assessments, product management, virtual private networking (VPN), public key infrastructure (PKI)/RSA, audits, Pix/Checkpoint/Raptor Firewalls, intrusion protection systems (IPS), ISS Realsecure Network and Host IDS, internet scanner, token authentication, Intruvert IDS, Arcsight security monitoring solution, Foundstone vulnerability assessment tools, TACACS+, RADIUS, SSL accelerators, SSH, Tripwire, and Blackice NetworkICE IDS.