Mark Thompson
Managing Director at Thompson+Billings, LLC
Billings, Montana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Thompson is a seasoned science and technology executive and Managing Director with over 30 years of experience building high-growth teams, closing multi-million dollar deals, and turning breakthrough R&D into marketable solutions across cybersecurity, advanced analytics, HPC, edge computing, and generative AI. He has led large federal science and technology organizations—winning hundreds of millions in contracts—and repeatedly revived and scaled business units by aligning deep technical talent with aggressive go-to-market strategies. Comfortable in startups and Fortune 1000 contexts alike, Mark has served as interim CEO/COO, VP-level operator, and board advisor, bringing both tactical dealcraft and strategic vision. His industry breadth spans defense and national security, agribusiness, transportation, and energy, where he has a track record of building university and industry partnerships to accelerate innovation. Known for “imagining the possible” and getting teams past entrenched barriers, he combines relentless execution with the ability to recruit and motivate top scientific talent. Based in Billings, Montana, he pairs an MBA from Chicago Booth with hands-on experience turning cutting-edge science into sustained revenue.
14 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Economics, BS, Economics at Montana State University BillingsMBA with Honors, MBA with Honors at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Github Skills (4)
game-networking6
sfml5
game-development4
networking3
Github contributions (3)
MarkWThompson/Canvas
May 2012 - Feb 2013
Contributions:9 commits in 8 months
MarkWThompson/SFML
Feb 2013 - Mar 2014
Contributions:12 commits in 1 year 1 month
game-networkinggamegdsnetworkinggame-development
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