Mark Potter

Mark Potter is the current Chief Information Security Officer at Backblaze. Mark has previous experience as a CISO at NewWave Telecom & Technologies, Inc., where they lead corporate and client system security, data protection/privacy and compliance strategy, implementation, assessment, and monitoring. Mark also served as the security lead/key position for $196 million dollar contract at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS). Prior to that, they were Principal Systems Security Officer at StrategicHealthSolutions, where they provided oversight and coordination of security efforts, initiatives and standards across the CMS MSPIC and COB&R contractor programs. Potter has also served as a CISO at Danya International, Inc.

Mark Potter has a B.S. in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from Western Governors University, which they are 30% complete as of December 2022. Mark also has a certificate from CEGEP - John Abbott College in JPC Programmer Analyst Certification. In addition, Mark has several professional certifications, including GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC), Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE), GIAC Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership (GSTRT), SANS Security Awareness Professional (SSAP), GIAC Information Security Professional (GISP), CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+), CompTIA Security Analytics Expert - CSAE Stackable Certification, and CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+).

Mark Potter reports to Gleb Budman, CEO. Some of their coworkers include Tom MacMitchell - General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Nilay Patel - VP, Sales, and Frank P. Patchel - CFO.