Mark French

Mark French has held various engineering roles over the past twelve years. From 2008 to 2011, they were an Aeronautical Engineer at Frasca International, Inc. From 2011 to 2014, they were a Project Engineer at Quantum Solutions, Inc., where they were responsible for designing and implementing industrial control solutions in food and beverage manufacturing environments, with a focus on machine safety of packaging equipment. From 2014 to 2017, they were a Systems Engineer at Roeslein & Associates, where they developed and deployed control and data management systems in diverse automation environments, with a major focus on MES utilizing Inductive Automation's Ignition product. Since 2017, they have been the Director of Design Consultation, Director of Operations, and MES Design Engineer at Sepasoft, Inc.

Mark French attended Purdue University from 2000 to 2005, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering with a focus in Aircraft Design, Dynamics and Controls. In 2016, they obtained an Ignition 7.8 Gold Certification from Inductive Automation, and in 2020, they obtained a HAM Radio Technician License from the Federal Communications Commission. Mark is currently in the process of obtaining an Ignition 7.8 Core Certification from Inductive Automation.