Mark Pacifico

Mark Pacifico has a diverse work experience in the software development and architecture field. Mark currently holds the position of Senior Director of Software Development, Architecture, and Administration at ASHP since June 2022. Prior to this, they worked as a Senior Software Architect at ASHP from May 2021 to June 2022. Mark also served as a Senior Software Developer at ASHP from February 2019 to June 2022.

Before joining ASHP, Mark worked at Information Strategies, Inc. as a Managing Consultant from August 2005 to February 2019. In this role, they led a team of 6 as the lead architect for the Graduate Management Admission Council. Mark implemented a shift to a more enterprise-wide service-oriented design approach using WCF and Azure offerings. Mark designed and built various software systems, including a cloud service-based system for processing real-time data transfers and a candidate search application for business schools. Mark was also responsible for maintaining and enhancing the primary revenue-generating website of the company.

Prior to this, Mark worked as a Software Developer at EDGAR Online, Inc. from January 2001 to July 2005.

Overall, Mark Pacifico has extensive experience in software development, architecture, and administration, with a focus on enterprise-wide design approaches and cloud-based solutions.

Mark Pacifico attended the University of Maryland from 1996 to 2000, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained the following:

- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals from Microsoft in December 2021

- Sitecore Professional Developer from Sitecore in November 2017

- Pragmatic Marketing - Focus from Pragmatic Marketing in January 2015

- Pragmatic Marketing - Foundations from Pragmatic Marketing in January 2015

- MCSD.NET from Microsoft (specific details regarding the month and year of completion are not provided).