Mark Fields
Directeur/Bestuurslid bij Ascent Technologies, Inc.
Profiel
I literally started my career in the basement of a bank processing checks on an NCR machine.” Learning businesses from the bottom up is a keystone of Mark’s professional journey.
From his training years at Union Bank and pioneering time with TD Securities in the technology and communications sector, through the launch of Ernst & Young’s Capital Services Group and CME Group’s IPO, Fields was always at the frontier of his organizations’ efforts to achieve long-term strategic goals.
Just prior to joining ALP, Mark was CEO of Wickr Inc., a secure messaging and communications platform where he refocused the business from a consumer-targeted messaging platform into an enterprise-worthy secure collaboration platform.
Prior to Wickr, Fields spent 15 years at CME Group as a leader in corporate finance running M&A, business, and strategy development teams.
CME executed over $20Bn in M&A transactions during his tenure.
Fields led the team that established the cleared interest rate swap product line which at CME which has cleared $ trillions of trades as a central counterparty.
Fields conceived, founded, and was appointed the Managing Director of CME Ventures, the company’s corporate venture capital group.
Fields headed the investment committee and led the investment team which made minority investments in emerging technology companies in cybersecurity, settlement & payment, computational, AI, and big data software tools.
In 2015, Fields was recognized as one of Crain’s Chicago Business Tech 50.
Fields holds a BA in Economics from Rutgers University and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
Fields currently serves as a board member at ALP portfolio companies Baton Systems, Ion Storage Systems, Ascent Technologies, and as an observer at Nabaco, Inc. Between 2011 and 2021, Fields served on the Board of Trustees at Dominican University, and as a Senior Advisor to Dominican’s Brennan Business School.
Fields also served as an establishing member of the Board of Black Tech Mecca.
Actieve functies van Mark Fields
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Alsop Louie Management LLC
Alsop Louie Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Alsop Louie Management LLC (Alsop Louie Partners ) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Gilman Louie and Stewart Alsop. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Private Equity Investor | 01-09-2016 |
Ascent Technologies, Inc.
Ascent Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Ascent Technologies, Inc. engages in providing financial regulatory compliance services. It offers change management and obligations management solutions. The company was founded by Shreyas B. Gosalia, Aaron Droba, and Brian T. Clark in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Directeur/Bestuurslid | - |
Eerdere bekende functies van Mark Fields
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Powerlytics, Inc.
Powerlytics, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Powerlytics, Inc. provides market intelligence platform for business financial data. Its products include lending workbench, business benchmarks, business research, consumer research, and powerlytics true income product suite. The firm also provides riska nd compliance, market growth, and analysis and research. The company was founded by Kevin Sheetz and Jose Plehn-Dujowich in 2011 and is headquartered in Doylestown, PA. | Directeur/Bestuurslid | - |
Wickr, Inc.
Wickr, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Wickr, Inc. provides a platform to send encrypted messages without a trace. It also offers a mobile communication application that provides military-grade encryption of text, picture, audio, and video messages. The company was founded by Nico Sell, Chris Howell, Kara Coppa and Robert Statica in June 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, CA. | Algemeen Directeur | - |
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
TD Securities (USA), Inc. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
The Toronto-Dominion Bank /New York Branch/
The Toronto-Dominion Bank /New York Branch/ Regional BanksFinance The Toronto-Dominion Bank engages in the provision of banking services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Opleiding van Mark Fields
Rutgers State University of New Jersey | Undergraduate Degree |
Pepperdine University | Masters Business Admin |
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CME GROUP INC. | Finance |
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | Finance |
Bedrijven in privébezit | 7 |
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Ernst & Young LLP
Ernst & Young LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
The Toronto-Dominion Bank /New York Branch/
The Toronto-Dominion Bank /New York Branch/ Regional BanksFinance The Toronto-Dominion Bank engages in the provision of banking services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY. | Finance |
TD Securities (USA), Inc. | Finance |
Powerlytics, Inc.
Powerlytics, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Powerlytics, Inc. provides market intelligence platform for business financial data. Its products include lending workbench, business benchmarks, business research, consumer research, and powerlytics true income product suite. The firm also provides riska nd compliance, market growth, and analysis and research. The company was founded by Kevin Sheetz and Jose Plehn-Dujowich in 2011 and is headquartered in Doylestown, PA. | Technology Services |
Wickr, Inc.
Wickr, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Wickr, Inc. provides a platform to send encrypted messages without a trace. It also offers a mobile communication application that provides military-grade encryption of text, picture, audio, and video messages. The company was founded by Nico Sell, Chris Howell, Kara Coppa and Robert Statica in June 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, CA. | Technology Services |
Alsop Louie Management LLC
Alsop Louie Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Alsop Louie Management LLC (Alsop Louie Partners ) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Gilman Louie and Stewart Alsop. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Ascent Technologies, Inc.
Ascent Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Ascent Technologies, Inc. engages in providing financial regulatory compliance services. It offers change management and obligations management solutions. The company was founded by Shreyas B. Gosalia, Aaron Droba, and Brian T. Clark in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Technology Services |