Mark Smith

Mark Smith has extensive work experience in the technology and information services industry. Mark co-founded and serves as the Executive Chairman for Qarbon Technologies since June 2022. Prior to this, they were the Managing Director - Asia Pacific for Digital Realty from December 2018 to June 2022. From November 2017 to November 2018, they held the position of Managing Director - Asia at Zettagrid.

Before these roles, Mark was the Managing Director - Cloud Services - Asia Pacific at VMware from February 2014 to April 2016. Mark held the position of Managing Director - Asia Pacific for CenturyLink (Formerly Savvis Inc.) from February 2010 to January 2014.

Mark Smith's earlier work experience includes serving as the President & Senior Company Officer - Japan at Thomson Reuters from January 2007 to January 2010, and as the Head of Sales - Asia Pacific from January 2002 to January 2007. Mark was the Global Head of Sales at eBridge from January 1999 to January 2002.

Prior to these roles, Mark held the position of General Manager at Bridge Information Systems from June 1997 to January 1999. Mark served as the Head of Sales - Asia at SunGard from 1995 to 1997, and as a Major Account Manager at Knight Ridder Financial from 1991 to 1995.

Mark Smith attended the University of Puget Sound from 1985 to 1990, where they obtained a Bachelor's Degree. In 1987, they also briefly studied Mandarin at Tunghai University. Additionally, in 1988 to 1989, Mark Smith studied Mandarin at Beijing Normal University.