Mark Forrester

Mark Forrester has extensive work experience in various roles within the engineering and technology industry. Mark started their career as a Sr. Systems Analyst at General Electric at Goddard Space Flight Center in 1981. Mark then joined MITRE CORP, Info and Telecommunications Networks in 1984, where they served as a Project Lead and contributed to various projects such as counterfeit money detection, image restoration, and medical imaging systems. Mark also worked at MRJ Technology Solutions from 1991 to 1998, where they served as a Project Manager & Principal Investigator and played a key role in the creation of the WIRE system for urban elevation mapping. From 1998 to 2012, Mark worked at Lockheed Martin as a Sr. Systems Engineering Manager, where they were nationally recognized for their technical expertise in imaging and pattern recognition and contributed to the analysis and recommendation of tools and algorithms for NGA and National INTEL customers. Most recently, Mark worked at Prime Solutions Group, Inc. starting in 2013 as a Principal Engineer, where they were responsible for full systems and software engineering and architecture on multiple projects.

Mark Forrester earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree with an emphasis on Image Processing in Computer Science from the University of Maryland. Mark also obtained a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science-Partial from the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to this, Mark attended St. John's College in Annapolis, where they focused on Analytic and Synthetic Thought. Additionally, Mark holds a B.S. degree in Zoology from the University of Maryland.