Mark Walsh
NLC Board ChairMark Walsh is the ceo of FactSquared, an AI and Machine Learning startup based in Washington DC.
It is angel funded. He was head of Investment and Innovation for the SBA in the Obama Administration. He ran all SBIC, SBIR, Accelerator/Incubator and growth activities, and was appointed to key committees at the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of the Treasury Administration.
That was his first government position. Prior, he had a 30+ year career in technology, media, venture capital, and angel investing. He was ceo of a high growth public company, (VerticalNet NASDAQ: VERT) was a senior executive at GE, AOL, and HBO, and has invested in and/or served on the board of a number of high profile public and private companies, including BlackBoard (NASDAQ: BBBB), NutriSystems (NASDAQ: NTRI), half.com (Bought by eBay), IndustryBrains (bought by Marchex-NASDAQ: MCHX), Day Software (bought by Adobe) and many, many others. He also served as the first chief technology advisor to the Democratic Party in 2002 and ran the internet efforts for John Kerry's presidential run in 2004 - and he was the founding CEO of Air America Radio.
He has been ceo and chairman of many startups, including Homesnap and GeniusRocket, and was lead independent director for Thestreet.com, the media company founded by Jim Cramer. He also served as a venture partner for Revolution, Inc. in Washington, D.C., the investment fund started by AOL colleagues Steve Case and Ted Leonsis.
He was the chairman of the board of his college alma mater, Union College in New York, chairman of the Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Maryland, and received his MBA from Harvard. He has served on several prominent not-for profit boards, including the Bipartisan Policy Center (where he was chair), the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Theatre Workshop and many others.