Mark Francis DeSantis

Mark is CEO of Bloomfield, AI-driven AgTech company. He was previously cofounder and CEO RoadBotics, a venture-backed an AI platform used for infrastructure assessment. He was cofounder and Chairman of kWantix, a quant energy hedge fund, cofounder and CEO of kWantera, a GE Ventures-backed energy trading company and CEO of Think Through Learning, a venture-backed online tutoring company and US Managing Director of ANGLE Technology, PLC, a UK-based venture capital firm and consultancy.
Earlier in his career, Mark was the Director of Government Relations for Texas Instruments and held policy positions as a Senior Policy Analyst in The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Administration of George H. W. Bush. He was also staff assistant to late U.S. Senator John Heinz was a management consultant with Booz Allen.
Mark is an Adviser to MIR Ventures in Palo Alto and an Executive Director and Advise to Cascadia Capital in Seattle. He also has dual appointment as an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Mark holds a PhD in Public Policy the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Mark also serves on the board of the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania as well as Allies for Children.