Wish I Knew . . .

#89 Mark Robinson - President & CEO / Mom advice / Live in the Gray / Drive for $$$

Season 2 Episode 89

Career Background:

  • Currently President and CEO of Axion Medical
  • Board member with:
     
    • Bottlenose 
    • ESSI 
  • Advisor to Private Equity and Venture capitalists
  • Equaterra for nearly 8 years
  • Founder of Morgan Chambers in the UK

Highlights

  • Hard working family and the oldest of 6 kids
  • Community College degree / Great visual
  • Power plant engineering degree
  • Semi autonomous robot work
  • Extremely technical background out of College
  • Killing two sacred cows at once
  • Citigroup came calling early on
  • The drive for $$$
  • Learning outsourcing at the very beginning
  • Gaining cultural experience early on as an independent contractor
  • Outworks everyone else
  • Loves the English language
  • Massive advice from Mom - Understand people
  • EQ = Understanding or caring for people
  • Best advice - Question everything
  • Secret to success "Live in the Gray"
  • Speed in decision making
  • Get over yourself and ALWAYS Be yourself
  • Constant knocks on his door for opportunities
  • Choose your partners wisely and monitor the alliance
  • Contention unattended becomes conflict
  • Engineering, Outsourcing, Ad Agency
  • Organic career choices with good decisions
  • Never selling his soul
  • World Class Philly Cheesesteak sandwich maker / Comfort Food

 

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