Mark Williams - A Brief Biography

As Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Mark Williams provides entrepreneurial business coaching and mentoring services to early-stage technology entrepreneurs, while assisting with the growth of Innovate Calgary’s Entrepreneur Development programs and services.

Mark has more than 20 years of product marketing, business development and startup management experience. He is an entrepreneurial leader with proven success in business planning, raising capital, acquiring strategic partners, license and contract negotiation and mergers and acquisitions. Mark served as President of several Silicon Valley companies including growing and exiting both TakeFive Software, and Blue Lobster Software for a total of $33 million. Mark has also served as a founding board member of the Spokane Angel Investor Alliance.

Mark has a Chemical Engineering degree from Washington University in St. Louis, MO.