Mark Pundsack
About Mark Pundsack
Mark Pundsack is the Chief Executive Officer at Styra with over 30 years of experience in product management, strategic planning, and technology innovation.
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Pundsack is the Chief Executive Officer at Styra, a remote-based company. He has held this position since an unspecified date. In this role, he focuses on molding the strategic direction of the company, ensuring alignment with market demands, and overseeing the execution of business strategies.
Professional Background in Product Management
Mark has had an extensive career in product management, holding numerous senior positions across a variety of companies. From 2015 to 2016, he worked at CircleCI in San Francisco as VP, Product. He later joined GitLab Inc., serving first as Head of Product from 2016 to 2019, and then as VP of Product Strategy from 2019 to 2020, working remotely. Subsequently, he became the Chief Product Officer at Replicated from 2020 to 2022 and later served as a Strategic Product Advisor at Replicated from 2022 to 2023, both roles conducted remotely.
Early Career and Foundational Roles
Mark's early career includes significant roles such as Director of Product Management at Philips Electronics from 1995 to 1999 in Boston, MA, and Project Leader at The Toronto Hospital in 1994. He also worked internationally as a Research Engineer for Toshiba Corporation in Kawasaki, Japan in 1993. Additional early positions include Engineering Assistant at DALSA and Computer Programmer at Merlan Scientific Ltd., both in Canada.
Educational Background
Mark earned an MBA in Entrepreneurship from INSEAD between 2003 and 2004 in Fontainebleau, France. Prior to this, he completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Honours Computer Engineering with a Minor in International Studies at the University of Waterloo from 1990 to 1995.
Technical Expertise and Skills
Mark Pundsack has over 30 years of experience in developer tools, mobile, web, and enterprise software. He specializes in product vision, product management, strategic planning, product discovery, new product development, product design & definition, user interface design, product innovation, rapid prototyping, project management, product introduction/launch, and market analysis & strategy. He has extensive experience with technologies such as Bluetooth, iPod, iPhone, mobile, web, and speech recognition.