Mark J. Davis - Principal
Mark has over 20 years of business experience, beginning his career in finance with Scott Paper, a Fortune 500 consumer products company. Following Scott he joined magazine publisher TVSM, Inc. where he led the company’s digital initiatives and pioneered online television listings. After TVSM’s acquisition by News Corp., he joined Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. where as Director of New Business Development he identified new opportunities and businesses to grow audience reach and revenue and had operational responsibility for three subsidiaries. As Vice President, Business Development for Economy.com, Inc., he led the development and implementation of online business strategy as well as the development of partnership, joint venture, and sales relationships. With CSS Industries, a consumer products company, Mark led strategy development, acquisition evaluation and due diligence, and created a corporate-wide innovation process. He also served a short stint as interim managing director of the company’s sourcing operations in Hong Kong, China. At The San Diego Union-Tribune, he was Vice President, Strategy and Interactive Media and the senior executive in charge of the company’s digital and mobile businesses. He also had responsibility for new product development and developed and implemented the company’s first innovation process.
Mark has spoken on the challenges and opportunities facing the digital content business at industry and academic conferences and contributed a chapter on the flow of information to the e-Voter Institute book, About Face: The Dramatic Impact of the Internet on Politics and Advocacy.
Mark graduated from the University of Notre Dame, received an MBA from the University of Rochester, and served as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps.
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