Mark Clary

Mark Clary has extensive experience in financial planning and analysis, with a focus on budgeting, forecasting, and investment analysis. Mark has held leadership positions at various companies, including MeridianLink, DealerSocket, COMPAREX USA, Aerus, Universal Sports America, and Norwest Financial.

At MeridianLink, Mark served as the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, leading a new business partner team that worked closely with functional leaders on special projects, investment cases, budgeting, and forecasting. Under their leadership, the FY21 budget process was successful, resulting in an IPO on NYSE. The budget achieved 102% of revenue and 113% of EBITDA.

During their time at DealerSocket, Mark held the position of Director of FP&A and was responsible for key finance deliverables such as budgeting, forecasting, and investment analysis. Mark worked closely with the CEO and CFO to provide actionable financial insights to the board and executive team. Mark also led a team of analysts and navigated through organizational changes.

At COMPAREX USA, Mark served as the North American Controller and played a key role in the company's achievements, including winning the 2015 Microsoft Education Partner of the Year award and being recognized as one of the top 20 Microsoft partners worldwide in Azure consumption, CSP license sales, and Office 365 activations.

In their early career, Mark worked at Aerus as the Director of Financial Planning, where they conducted financial due diligence on potential investments and prepared budgets and executive updates. Mark also held positions at Universal Sports America as an Accounts Receivable Supervisor and at Norwest Financial as a Credit Manager.

Mark Clary attended Texas A&M University from 1992 to 1996, where they earned a BBA degree with a major in Finance.