Summary
Mark Cotton is a Solutions Architect with 15 years of hands-on experience designing and delivering large-scale, production-grade integrations and cloud-native systems from Austin, Texas. He excels at taking ambitious, “a little bit scary” projects across the finish line—continuing to build when others have quit—and blends engineering depth with partner-focused product strategy. His background spans founding-stage CTO work in aerial data analytics, leading API and technology partner programs, and building a cloud surveillance platform from the ground up. Comfortable coding as if nobody is watching, he bridges AI/ML models, custom interfaces, and robust APIs to solve real operational problems for high-profile partners. A practical tinkerer by nature, he’s as likely to design system architecture as to prototype the components himself, and he asks for a waffle recipe when you reach out—hinting at a creative, down-to-earth leadership style.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Utah