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| 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> |
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− | Prior to [[VeriSign]], Mr. McLaughlin was the vice president of sales and business development for [[Signio]], a leading Internet payment company, and was instrumental in the negotiation and acquisition of Signio by [[VeriSign]] in 1999.
| + | Before joining [[VeriSign]], Mark was the Vice President of sales and business development for [[Signio]], a leading Internet payment company. VeriSign's acquisition of Signio in 1999, which Mark negotiated, brought him to VeriSign. |
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− | Prior to joining [[Signio]], Mr. McLaughlin was the vice president of business development for [[Gemplus]], the world’s leading smart-card company. In this role, Mr. McLaughlin was responsible for [[Gemplu]]s business development and legal affairs and negotiated and closed many strategic alliances and business deals for the company both in the Americas, Asia, and in Europe. | + | Prior to [[Signio]], Mr. McLaughlin was the vice president of business development for [[Gemplus]], a leading smart-card company; he was responsible for business development and legal affairs, and negotiated important international deals as well.<ref>[https://investor.verisign.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=544668 Investor.VeriSign.com]</ref> |
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| + | Prior to joining [[Gemplus]], Mr. McLaughlin was the general counsel of [[Caere]] Corporation, the word’s leading [[OCR]] software company. Before joining [[Caere]], Mr. McLaughlin practiced law with Cooley Godward, a leading high technology law firm in Silicon Valley, in the firm’s Information and Technology Licensing Group.<ref>[https://investor.verisign.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=544668 Investor.Verisign.com]</ref> |
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− | Prior to joining [[Gemplus]], Mr. McLaughlin was the general counsel of [[Caere]] Corporation, the word’s leading [[OCR]] software company. Before joining [[Caere]], Mr. McLaughlin practiced law with Cooley Godward, a leading high technology law firm in Silicon Valley, in the firm’s Information and Technology Licensing Group.
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| ==Education== | | ==Education== |
| Mark McLaughlin received his J.D., Magna cum Laude, from Seattle University School of Law and his B.S. Degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=21765249&ticker=VRSN:US Investing.BusinessWeek.com]</ref> | | Mark McLaughlin received his J.D., Magna cum Laude, from Seattle University School of Law and his B.S. Degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=21765249&ticker=VRSN:US Investing.BusinessWeek.com]</ref> |