Mark Chapman is an experienced professional in broadcast technology with a career spanning over three decades. Since March 2009, Mark has been with TVNZ, where roles have included Head of Broadcast Applications Support & Solutions, Solutions Manager, and Broadcast Technology Projects Manager. Prior to this, Mark held the position of Head of Engineering at ITV Westcountry from June 1997 to January 2009, and earlier worked as Projects & Maintenance Supervisor and Projects & Maintenance Engineer at Westcountry Television between February 1992 and June 1997. Mark began a career in broadcasting at Television South West from 1988 to 1992 as an Electronic Maintenance technician. Mark earned a BEng (Hons) 2-1 in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Plymouth from 1984 to 1988.