Mark established a specialized consultant group in 2011, SMP Global with 18 years of experience working worldwide within all facets of government and military Troop Feeding and Exchange Convenience Sales with Army, Naval, Air Force, Marine, National Guard, and International Forces for Troop Feeding and military rations programs. As a seasoned professional with more than 32 years of sales leadership, Mark is recognized for delivering sales team development awards and driving new sales segments by optimizing organic growth within multiple channels of the food industry. Starting as a Regional Sales Manager then serving as a Division Sales Manager for 5 of the top 100 National Foodservice manufacturers, he led national sales teams with food distribution, national chains, alternate channels, and retail c-stores segments. He spent 6 years with Acosta Military Worldwide as Division Sales Manager leading a team of 8 military sales veterans. Prior to that he worked as COO & EVP of Sales for a $43M private equity business manufacturing dry mix bakery ingredients and liquid fill operations with Mill Creek Farms/ARC Bakery manufacturing. Mark studied at University of Tennessee and Pellissippi State College and holds two certifications from Cornell University for Executive Finance Management and Marketing. He served on the Board of Directors for 2 years the Military Research and Development Association. Marks currently holds the position of Director of Commercial and Government Sales with Readywise, Inc.