Mark McCormick

Mark McCormick serves as a Manufacturing Growth Specialist within FASTLANE, a UDRI group that is part of the Ohio Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program. FASTLANE helps small-medium size manufacturers increase sales, create jobs and generate cost savings through technology adoption, workforce training and improved operations performance. They provide unbiased support by connecting manufacturers to UDRI and regional business resources who can solve customer problems and enable business growth. Mark has more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing and process industries, including oil and gas upstream and midstream, industrial refrigeration and food and beverage. He has diverse technology based, solutions selling experience. Mark excels at identifying and winning new business opportunities with established industrial companies and smaller entrepreneurial clients. His background includes senior-level technical sales and marketing leadership involving operations improvement, process automation and digital transformation. He has held leadership positions involving new business start-ups, product launches and market penetration. He joined the FASTLANE team in December 2019.

Mr. McCormick's business development and customer facing activities for FASTLANE include the following:

• Strategic planning for business improvement and sales growth
• New market penetration and product management
• Customer salesforce development and channel strategies
• Operations assessment and automation technology adoption (IIOT)
• Continuous improvement project assessment and planning

• M.B.A., St. Louis University, 1995
• B.S., Electrical Engineering Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1987