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“Mark is a high-level and highly skilled executive in his field. He is a strong leader and team player. He utilizes his extensive industry knowledge and foresight to develop and support comprehensive and successful technical projects. Mark takes initiative in working with clients and internal teams through creative problem solving and is an invaluable member to any organization.” March 10, 2008Anne McBride, MBA, Director, Account Services, Aviatech

  1. Senior Business Analyst & Sales/Marketing Client Relations (contract)

    HD Supply

    George Fratian
    George Fratian
    Experienced IT Leader

    Mark worked on one of our vendor selection projects for an Enterprise Catalog Management system. He covered one of the two main components of this selection project (print publishing). He always made sure the business requirements are well represented and understood by the selection committee, and he maintained vendor contact for his area of coverage. Mark ensured that at…more

    February 6, 2013, George managed Mark indirectly at HD Supply

  2. Data Warehouse Data Analyst (consultant)

    BlackRock – BlackRock.com

    Sathish Balakrishnan
    Sathish Balakrishnan
    Data Warehousing / Business Intelligence / ETL Professional

    Mark’s resume speaks volume of his credentials. He has done it all from being an analyst to holding several senior postitions at various firms. He has great listening skills, very diplomatic and I was very impressed with his ability to adapt to our enviroment so quickly while he was at Blackrock.

    September 28, 2011, Sathish worked directly with Mark at BlackRock – BlackRock.com

    Marian Reynov
    Marian Reynov
    Web Applications Manager at AAA NCNU Club

    Mark is a rock star, there is just no other way to put it. He is a project manager, product manager and architect rolled into one. His projects are always impeccably documented and everyone is on the hook for their deadlines. In the meantime, he will learn the issue or tool in question and will be able to provide excellent ideas, which are based on market research and…more

    August 10, 2011, Marian worked directly with Mark at BlackRock – BlackRock.com

    Steve Morgan
    Steve Morgan
    Experienced technology executive and coach

    Mark has a diverse background across many areas of systems and operations. His talent at the core comes from his deep understanding of development practices. At AchieveInternet Mark was our main contact and led many highly complicated integration projects for us involving Ubercart ecommerce, Drupal, Salesforce.com and Eloqua. At Bellapictures he came in and helped us with…more

    August 6, 2011, Steve managed Mark at BlackRock – BlackRock.com

    Dai Yoshida, Esq.
    Dai Yoshida, Esq.
    Attorney / iShares Web Data Business Analyst at Blackrock

    Mark is a very experienced business analyst with rich insights to both the business and technology. He is analysis is precisely on the point yet he is a very approachable and warm person. Thus, he wins the trust of the business partners and IT developers quickly and gets things DONE!

    August 3, 2011, Dai worked directly with Mark at BlackRock – BlackRock.com

    1. Chief Operations Officer (COO) and Senior Web Project Manager

      Achieve Internet – AchieveInternet.com

      Ron Huber
      Ron Huber
      CEO, Achieve Internet

      Mark has an exceptional talent of interfacing with the client and the development team. The clients stay well informed and the development team knows exactly what is expected of them at all time. This rare skill is hard to define until it is gone.

      October 13, 2010, Ron managed Mark at Achieve Internet – AchieveInternet.com

      Marian Reynov
      Marian Reynov
      Web Applications Manager at AAA NCNU Club

      Mark has been invaluable to the success of our development projects throughout our experience with Achieve Internet. In addition to being project manager extraordinaire, he helped us refine product requirements (his rich industry experience came in super handy), helped us keep track of all edge cases and was always friendly and supportive. I will miss working with him!

      August 17, 2010, Marian was Mark’s client

    2. Project Manager (contract)

      Amylin Pharmaceuticals – Amylin.com

      Steve Creekmore
      Steve Creekmore
      Realtor® at Sea Coast Exclusive Properties

      Mark has extensive experience in IT and business world. He is a world class consultant that has managed complex projects for both small start-ups and and large corporations. He has followed through on many enterprise-level rollouts of applications utilizing project management best practices across several industries. A man of high integrity and a connoisseur of fine wines.

      July 23, 2009, Steve worked directly with Mark at Amylin Pharmaceuticals – Amylin.com

      Chih-Wu Chang, PMP
      Chih-Wu Chang, PMP
      Experienced IT Manager/Project Manager in Pharmaceutical Industry

      It was a real pleasure working with Mark at Amylin where he was a project manager. Mark is one of the best project managers I have been working with. He not only has strong technical skills in IT but also outstanding project management skills. In addition, he has exceptional ability to work with people at different levels. He is confident, resourceful, knowledgeable,…more

      April 30, 2009, Chih-Wu managed Mark at Amylin Pharmaceuticals – Amylin.com

      Julia Feliciano, Esq.
      Julia Feliciano, Esq.
      Vice President, Legal at Amylin Pharmaceuticals, LLC

      Mark’s consultancy at Amylin included working as the project manager for a software system for the legal department. Working with the lawyers isn’t always easy, but Mark learned our lingo and gained a thorough understanding of our needs, and so very successfully managed the project with us. He was also able to explain the technical constraints to us in a way that we could…more

      April 29, 2009, Julia was Mark’s client

      Karl Richter
      Karl Richter
      E-Learning Designer and Consultant

      Mark is organized, approachable, and extremely knowledgeable. I hope I get the opportunity to work with him again in the future.

      April 24, 2009, Karl reported to Mark at Amylin Pharmaceuticals – Amylin.com

      Kathy Tanner-Beers
      Kathy Tanner-Beers
      Accounting Manager, Accounts Payable at Amylin Pharmaceuticals – a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb

      My experience with Mark was in working on an IT Project for an upgrade of our Accounts Payable expense reporting application. Mark was a terrific project leader, keeping tasks on track and keeping the team up to date on the project status along the way. Due to internal customer time requirements, our project go-live was moved up. We were able to achieve this shortened…more

      April 24, 2009, Kathy was with another company when working with Mark at Amylin Pharmaceuticals – Amylin.com

      Mark Gordon
      Mark Gordon
      Director of Product Strategy, Thomson Reuters Life Sciences

      Mark is everything you want in a project manager: he gets his head around the business problem and the solution, so he can anticipate problems, deal with scope creep, and keep both business stakeholdersa and the working project team on task to get a project done. I worked with him on a high visibility, high pressure project, and he kept it on track. It was a great success.

      June 30, 2008, Mark worked directly with Mark at Amylin Pharmaceuticals – Amylin.com

      Sachiko Kohno
      Sachiko Kohno
      Medical Affairs Specialist at Amylin Pharmaceuticals (a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol Myers Squibb)

      Mark is the best of the best. He showed great leadership as Project Manager and established a strong relationship with our team by demonstrating his expertise and professionalism. Not only was our project successful, we had so much fun thanks to his creativity and wonderful people skills! He was one person we can count count on time after time, no matter how difficult the…more

      June 27, 2008, Sachiko was Mark’s client

    3. Chief Technology Officer

      Aviatech, LLC – Aviatech.com

      Margaret McAllister
      Margaret McAllister
      Proven Sr. Marketing / Communications Executive

      Mark Royer is such a trusted ally, colleague and friend. I’ve known him for most of this decade, having worked together at an online advertising and marketing firm. As CTO, Mark along with his team tackled many large, complex, and fast-paced website development projects. His calm, rationale management style and his ability to problem-solve and communicate difficult…more

      April 1, 2010, Margaret worked with Mark at Aviatech, LLC – Aviatech.com

      Tad Dooling
      Online Marketing Manager at BookRenter.com

      As I remember Mark was a very productive person. He is not only an insightful and passionate co-worker but also an inspiring manager. Detail oriented, motivated, responsible and intelligent expert – that’s Mark! Ambitious, multi-skilled, creative and smart perfectionist. Is able to manage tasks of entire team. It’s amazing to work with such a person.

      November 12, 2009, Tad worked with Mark at Aviatech, LLC – Aviatech.com

“Mark is an amazing CTO and leader. He has a very thorough expertise of the current technological landscape, as well as an eye on bleeding edge trends. He is exceptionally bright and well-spoken. He knows how to manage his team to create viable solutions that are on time and under budget. Mark is also very personable and approachable, supplying much needed humor, insight and camaraderie. Mark Royer is a great addition to any organization that needs smart, capable leaders.” March 9, 2008Brian Murken, Senior Designer, Aviatech
“As our CTO at Aviatech, Mark was an effective leader of his IT team, as well as a fellow member of the agency’s senior management team. He is extremely professional, experienced and knowledgeable and works well with clients, team members, and peers. I highly recommend Mark and his new company to anyone needing IT expertise. I am now a client of Mark’s and plan to continue working with him in our new relationship.” December 12, 2007Evelyn Olson Lamden, CMO/EVP, COO, Aviatech
“Mark was a highly valued member of the executive team at Aviatech, where I had the pleasure to work with him for over 3 years. He provided excellent technical expertise and leadership in a challenging and dynamic team environment. Working with Mark was always pleasant, engaging, and intellectually stimulating. His keen mind for business operations and eye for detail helped deliver some amazing work for very demanding clients. I’d work with Mark again, and gladly recommend him to anyone seeking an information and technology professional.” December 10, 2007Jeremy Post, VP Search Marketing, Aviatech
“Mark was a highly respected leader of his team, possesses vast knowledge of technology, and is personable as well as professional. He worked tirelessly to support the mission of our company and clients, and contributed greatly to our company’s growth.” December 7, 2007Debbie Croft, VP Business Services, Aviatech, LLC
“Working with Mark Royer was a real pleasure. I have known too few professionals with all of Mark’s characteristics. Mark is dedicated, organized and extremely knowledgeable. His background in Information Technology speaks for itself; incomparable. He is a true professional in every sense of the word and he works hard to maintain that status. He not only has the ability to manage, as well as educate, large groups of people, but also to lead them. People go Mark when they have questions, not only because they know he has answers, but also because they feel comfortable with him. He is an executive that is approachable and direct; a leader by example. I can assure you that Mark’s loyalty and dependability are rivaled by none; he will become an instrumental and key component of any business which he decides to work for.” December 5, 2007Jason Ziemba, Business Development Manager, Aviatech
“I had the opportunity to work with Mark for about 3 years. During that time Mark established an outstanding rapport with everyone in the company; he was always ready to listen and bring realistic solutions for a variety of situations. He was highly respected by the people who worked under his direction. Mark is also a great friend, has good sense of humor, and is a pleasure to work with.” December 5, 2007Erica Pinto, Associate Project Manager, Aviatech, Interactive Advertising & Marketing
“I worked for Mark at Aviatech where we made some excellent sites. Mark was great at keeping the team informed and well feed!” December 5, 2007Jonathan Spooner, Senior Interactive Developer, Aviatech LLC
“Mark Royer is a detailed individual with nerves of steel even when facing the toughest situation. Able to manage projects and motivate personal to bring the best out in both.” December 5, 2007Thomas Ware, Systems Administrator, Aviatech
“Mark is terrifically knowledgeable about technology and business. I learned a tremendous amount while working with him about good project management, fast technology and business. I always appreciated that Mark was willing to tell it like it is. It was my constant ambition to work up to Mark’s standards, and he made our projects enjoyable, highly functional and technically very sound.” August 16, 2007Lisa Kirkman, Manager, Co-Op & Partnership Dev., Aviatech, LLC
“I was fortunate enough to have Mark as my manager at Aviatech, LLC. I can’t say enough about his superior knowledge and experience with the web development process and his understanding of the many challenges and pitfalls associated with enterprise-level web projects. He has an amazing talent for directing internal cross-functional teams and interacting with third-party vendors and clients. He is an all-around great person to work with.” August 8, 2007Greg Goldman, Website Project Manager, Aviatech
reported to Mark at Aviatech, LLC
“I had the pleasure of working for Mark on two separate occasions. At RoomKey as a designer and again as a consultant in ’06 with Aviatech helping out with design concepts, wire framing and site architecture for client’s websites. Mark’s depth of knowledge and experience in the software field across all platforms is truly impressive and ranks second only to his great personality. I’ve noticed that everyone that works with and for Mark go above and beyond expectations as he manages to bring the best out of people around him. I look forward to another opportunity to work with Mark in the future.” December 12, 2007Ben Jones, User Interface Designer & Developer, RoomKey