British Columbia Innovation Council

Mark Longo

Partner, Clark Wilson LLP

Mark Longo is a Partner with Clark Wilson LLP's Technology and Corporate Finance Practice Groups. Through this experience, Mark brings a practical skill set and business perspective that are invaluable in advising multinational technology clients throughout the entire life cycle of their companies, from start up through to exit. Mark has served in senior executive, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary capacities for a number of international technology companies, including most recently as Vice President Corporate Development, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Intrinsyc Software International Inc. (TSX:ICS), a leading international provider of software solutions for mobile devices headquartered in Vancouver.

Mark previously served as Vice President Business Development, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Datawire Communication Networks Inc., a privately held company headquartered in Toronto that provided Internet transaction delivery network services to the payment processing market. Mark was lead counsel and a member of the negotiation team in the 2007 sale of Datawire to First Data Corporation (NYSE: FDC). Mark also served as General Counsel and in various executive roles at Star Data Systems Inc., a TSX-listed company that provided real- time information services and transaction processing software to the financial services industry. Star Data was acquired by CGI Group Inc. (TSX: GIB.A) in 2001. Mark articled at Borden & Elliot (now Borden Ladner Gervais LLP) in Toronto.

Mark holds a Masters of Business Administration (Executive MBA Program) from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario (2001), and received his LL.B. in 1992 from Queen's University and his Bachelor of Arts (Political Science/Economics) from McGill University in 1989. Mark is called to the Bar in British Columbia and Ontario.