Mark serves as a senior technical broker and senior advisor within the Brown & Brown Global Energy practice. He has over 29 years of experience in the insurance and engineering consulting service industries.
Mark currently serves as a subject matter expert within the energy storage, solar and wind power generation industries. He currently serves as a founding member on the NFPA 855 technical committee, which developed the asset protection standard for all energy storage technologies. Mark also serves as a subject matter expert on hydrogen generation technologies, through the NFPA 2 technical committee.
Mark has specific energy industry experience with privately held and publicly listed independent power producers, global energy providers, as well as utility, municipal and cooperative entities. He has specific risk engineering experience with many types of power projects, including hydro, solar, wind, combined and simple cycle gas, biomass, and coal. Mark has also worked with clients at various maturation levels, ranging from start-up ventures to the largest, publicly listed, independent power provider and global energy organizations. His experience also includes working with clients within the bankruptcy process.
Mark developed the risk engineering practice within the Beecher Carlson Global Energy and Property Practices. He was responsible for growing the practice through client engagements, attracting and managing risk engineering talent and serving as a subject matter expert for issues critical to client care.
Prior to joining Beecher Carlson, Mark served in multiple senior management roles at Willis, HRH, and Hobbs Group from 2002 to 2010. Specifically, the property risk engineering group grew significantly in clients served and staff count while Mark was Managing Director for HRH and Hobbs Group. His work experience also includes stints at AON Risk Consulting Services, Carter-Burgess (now Jacobs Engineering), in addition to finance and marketing internships. Mark began his career as a field engineer and underwriting trainee within the Kemper HPR department.
Mark is a member of NFPA, RIMS, SFPE and the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Mark also holds a Property and Casualty Insurance Agent License in the State of Texas. Mark completed his Certified Risk Manager (CRM) designation in 2013 and is currently pursuing his Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. Mark holds an MBA with a finance concentration from Southern Methodist University (SMU), obtained in 2001. He holds a Professional Engineer (PE) license in Fire Protection Engineering in Texas, obtained by examination in 1999. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois, obtained in 1994. When not at work, Mark enjoys time with his wife and children, camping and rugby.