Mark graduated from Kansas State University in 2000 with a degree in Golf Course Management and a minor in Business Administration. His thoughtful leadership, relational skills, and exceptional record of performance have propelled him to rapid advancement throughout his short career. Mark’s strong construction and project management skills were developed at a young age during his involvement in his father’s commercial construction company in Wichita, KS. After graduating college, Mark was hired as the general manager of a small landscape design/build firm. In this role, Mark was instrumental in achieving continued growth in market share, and was promoted amidst a merger with a larger company. With his role in the new organization as the operations manager, Mark helped create systems and a structure that positioned the company for an eventual sale to a leading commercial landscape company in Kansas City. Over the past three years, he has been involved with direct account, project, and construction management in the commercial marketplace, and is the carrier of Class “A” General Contractors License.