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'''Mark McLaughlin''' was appointed as [[VeriSign]]'s CEO in August, 2009, Inc.<ref>[https://investor.verisign.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=401947 VeriSign Board of Directors Names Mark McLaughlin as Chief Executive Officer and Brian Robins as Chief Financial Officer; Jim Bidzos Named Permanent Executive Chairman]</ref> Prior to that, Mark McLaughlin was VeriSign's President and Chief Operating Officer. He held that post since January of 2009. When he became CEO he also retained his title as President and became a member of the Board of Directors. He replaced the company's founder, [[Jim Bidzos]], when assuming the position.

'''Mark McLaughlin''' was appointed as [[VeriSign]]'s CEO in August, 2009, Inc.<ref>[https://investor.verisign.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=401947 VeriSign Board of Directors Names Mark McLaughlin as Chief Executive Officer and Brian Robins as Chief Financial Officer; Jim Bidzos Named Permanent Executive Chairman]</ref> Prior to that, Mark McLaughlin was VeriSign's President and Chief Operating Officer. He held that post since January of 2009. When he became CEO he also retained his title as President and became a member of the Board of Directors. He replaced the company's founder, [[Jim Bidzos]], when assuming the position.

===Positions and Achievements at VeriSign===

===Positions and Achievements at VeriSign===

McLaughlin previously held a number of key positions at VeriSign from 2000 to 2007, ultimately serving as executive vice president of products and marketing. In that capacity, McLaughlin played a key architectural role in developing VeriSign's strategy to focus the company on its core Internet infrastructure services, while divesting several non-core businesses.  

Mr. McLaughlin has an extensive and successful career history within VeriSign, this includes time running a number of important divisions and involvement in historical developments for the company. He constantly advanced within the company, from 2000 to 2007, ultimately serving as executive vice president of products and marketing. That role saw Mark developing VeriSign's strategy to focus the company on its primary infrastructure services, while divesting several non-core businesses.  

Earlier Mark ran the company's Naming Services business, where he successfully negotiated the current agreements for the management of the [[.com]] and [[.net]] registries, as well as a number of key strategic alliances with major partners such as [[eBay]] and [[Microsoft]].

Previously, Mark McLaughlin ran the company's Naming Services business; he was responsible for the immensely important and historic negotiations that awarded the company the management of the [[.com]] and [[.net]] registries; he was also responsible for strategic partnerships with Industry leaders such as [[eBay]] and [[Microsoft]].

The Naming and Directory Services Business Unit runs the Internet’s .com and .net system and provides powerful, proven platforms to businesses to support their mission-critical applications across disparate networks, devices, and end points.  

Not only does the Naming and Directory Services Business Unit run the .com and .net system, it also provides powerful platforms to businesses to support their applications across disparate networks and devices.  

Prior to joining the Naming and Directory Services business unit, Mr. McLaughlin was vice president of Corporate Business Development for [[VeriSign]]. In this role, Mr. McLaughlin lead VeriSign corporate wide business-development efforts and was responsible for strategic VeriSign agreements and relationships with [[IBM]], [[Microsoft]], [[FDC]], [[Inuit]], [[eBay]], [[Sun Microsystems]] and other leading technology companies.  

Prior to joining the Naming and Directory Services business unit, Mr. McLaughlin was vice president of Corporate Business Development for [[VeriSign]]. In this role, Mr. McLaughlin lead VeriSign corporate wide business-development efforts and was responsible for strategic VeriSign agreements and relationships with [[IBM]], [[Microsoft]], [[FDC]], [[Inuit]], [[eBay]], [[Sun Microsystems]] and other leading technology companies.  

Before that, Mr. McLaughlin was the general manager of the [[VeriSign]] Payment Services Business Unit, leading the [[VeriSign]] Internet payment business.<ref>[https://investor.verisign.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=359183 VeriSign Names Mark McLaughlin as President and Chief Operating Officer]</ref>

Before that, Mr. McLaughlin was the general manager of the [[VeriSign]] Payment Services Business Unit, leading the [[VeriSign]] Internet payment business.<ref>[https://investor.verisign.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=359183 VeriSign Names Mark McLaughlin as President and Chief Operating Officer]</ref>

==Career History==

==Career History==

Mr. McLaughlin started off his career as an army officer, flying Cobra helicopters. He was in for a career as a military officer until an accident changed his life, and led him to take up law.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/09/army-law-business-intelligent-technology-verisign.html?feed=rss_home Ten Minutes That Mattered: Verisign's Mark McLaughlin]</ref>

Mr. McLaughlin started off his career as an army officer, flying Cobra helicopters. He was in for a career as a military officer until an accident changed his life, and led him to take up law.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/09/army-law-business-intelligent-technology-verisign.html?feed=rss_home Ten Minutes That Mattered: Verisign's Mark McLaughlin]</ref>