Mark Schaake is a principal owner and founder with 14+ years building production software that simplifies complex industries, from equipment finance to AI-driven agribusiness. He founded and operated Mark Capital Finance and the FLEX Equipment Finance SaaS platform, which he still maintains, and now runs Schaake Solutions to help startups ship AI-first products rapidly using AI agents as core infrastructure. An early engineer at the Allen Institute for AI, he has experience building data pipelines and research-grade systems that bridge academic AI and practical products. He independently designed and delivered MVPs, automated AWS IaC and CI/CD pipelines, and scaled platforms as a one-person technical lead and founding CTO. Based in Yakima, WA, he pairs business-facing domain expertise in finance and agribusiness with hands-on engineering rigor and a habit of documenting what actually works in production.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BA International Studies, BA International Studies at University of Washington
MSE Master of Software Engineering, MSE Master of Software Engineering at Seattle University
MBA Accounting Management, MBA Accounting Management at San Diego State University
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Mark Schaake - Principal Owner at Schaake Solutions, LLC