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Consulting -- Accounting and Finance -- Turn-arounds, System Implementations, Process Improvements, Interim Chief Financial Officer and CAO

Nichols Aluminum is one of the most efficient and environmentally friendly aluminum sheet producers in North America.

In 1985 Mark began his corporate career in Public Accounting auditing companies in many industries including real estate, manufacturing and energy. In 1989 Mark transitioned to internal auditing where he gained experience helping his internal executive customers understand their business risks and whether those risks were controlled to a level within their acceptable level of risk. During his internal audit career Mark started and created Internal Audit depts at two companies and re-built one at another company. During this period Mark learned how to effectively present information and recommendations to top corporate executives and boards of directors on a monthly and quarterly basis. In 2012, Mark transitioned his career to the corporate accounting function within public companies. Since this transition, Mark has led the SEC and public reporting of three different public companies and served as the Chief Accounting Officer for two of those companies. Mark's primary focus in these roles include i) making processes efficient and automating processes as much as possible, ii) enabling people to perform to the best of their capabilities and to continually learn new skills and improve their capabilities and iii) provide valuable financial information to internal and external stakeholders. In 2020, Mark continues to build value and solve problems at his current employer, Quanex Building Products, where he serves as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. In 2015, Mark began a journey to educate himself on real estate investing and develop his own "side business" to improve the performance of his personal investment portfolio with investments in real estate. As of 2020, that business has turned just over 100 transactions involving raw vacant land. That business now partners with several other successful real estate investors, syndicates real estate investments and has started adding residential rental properties. Additionally, Mark now helps educate others that are interested in learning how easily they can take control of their investment portfolio, invest in real estate and improve the financial performance of their portfolio. Throughout Mark's career, he has built relationships with 100s of business people across the U.S. and around the world. Mark has traveled to 48 of the 50 U.S. states and to over 50 countries around the world. Mark has co-authored two bestselling books.