Mark Nixon
Executive Director
Earning a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from Bradley University, a Masters in Entrepreneurship, and many years of experience, Mark has deep expertise with business management and entrepreneurship as it relates to product and people development.
Having worked and consulted in sports and entertainment, and seeing the trend of marketing and advertising changing in, Mark and his partner formed an Emergency Management Technology company, called SCIFR, where he became COO. They focused on delivering products and technologies to disaster preparedness scenarios. Smart City Development LLC (SCDLLC) was born from SCIFR, and as Principal of SCDLLC, their focus was business development and project /program consulting for many clients that included the United Nations and World Bank Group, while also making presentations to Clinton Global Initiative, and the Brookins Institute. In 2017 Mark reconnected with his love and passion for marketing and business development he started consulting.
With more than 20 years marketing experience at Fortune 500 companies and small business startups, he understands how to develop a successful track record of creating, maintaining, and executing high-level initiatives.