Mark Nixon

Mark Nixon was appointed EXFO’s Senior Vice President of the Adaptive Service Assurance (ASA) division in August 2022. He leads the ASA team towards its ultimate goals: for EXFO to be the market leader for adaptive service assurance solutions and to become the trusted adviser to service providers as they strive to meet the highest customer expectations.

Mark has amassed several decades of experience as an ICT business leader with increasing levels of commercial, strategic, and operational responsibility for delivering revenue growth across the ICT sector. He started his career 40 years ago as a Radio Engineer in the British Army Royal Signals, achieving Traffic Officer status. He then embarked on a successful commercial journey, holding senior leadership roles with Nokia, O2 Telefonica, and other innovative technology companies, as well as a strategic thought leadership role with the TM Forum.

Mark holds a B.Eng. (Hons) in Telecommunications Engineering from the City of London University. His business-focused credentials include courses taken at Harvard Business School and the O2 Executive Development Program at Templeton College, Oxford University.