Mark LaRosa

Mark LaRosa is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in infrastructure, database/analytics, and global-scale distributed systems.

He specializes in assisting technical founding teams in securing their first marquee customers, developing technical strategies for immediate and long-term growth, and guiding product roadmap decisions.

Mark has a diverse background in systems design, architecture, product implementation, and enterprise sales, having contributed to deals ranging from early-stage startups to multi-billion dollar arrangements with top technology firms.

In his role as Principal Solutions Architect at AWS' Strategic Accounts division, he played a key role in a significant growth of nearly 2000% within two years and oversaw the closure of one of AWS's largest deals.

Throughout his career, Mark has also held leadership positions at Interana, MemSQL, and Coraid, where he contributed to early customer acquisitions and the expansion of solution architecture teams.

He possesses a Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Michigan.