Mark Lundstrom

Mark is a serial cross-industry entrepreneur, having co-founded companies in material science, satellite communications, software, and bioscience. In 2002, Mark founded BioScale, which has developed some of the world’s most sensitive scales for nanotechnology measurement of proteins, cells, viral load, hormones, bacteria, and small molecules for research and diagnostic applications. Prior to BioScale, Mark co-founded Active Control eXperts, Inc. (ACX), which designed and manufactured piezoelectric systems used to control vibrations. ACX was acquired by Cymer, but their products are still found in a wide variety of equipment such as skis, baseball bats, and machine tools. In the software industry, Mark founded Ripcord Systems which created wireless products to arm on-the-road employees with anytime, anywhere access to critical information from corporate enterprise systems. He was also on the start-up team at Teledesic LLC, building the world's first global, broadband Internet-in-the-SkyTM network using advanced satellite technology, and was in engineering and management at NASA (JPL) and Boeing. Mark served on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and serves as Chairman and Founder of SkiAble, a charity dedicated to providing skiing and other athletic opportunities to disabled children. Mark has been a "Young Leader" on the National Committee for US-China Relations, and is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In his earlier years, Mark spent several years as a competitive ski racer, he holds a pilot’s license, and has 16 patents in diverse industries. Mark earned his M.Phil. in Economics from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management as a Leaders for Manufacturing Fellow. He earned both a BS and MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT. Mark is a member of the 2013 Class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.