Mark S. Brooks

Mark S. Brooks

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Experience

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    FMC Corporation

    Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

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    Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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    Toulouse, Occitanie, France

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    São Paulo, Brazil

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    Des Moines, Iowa, United States

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    Durham, North Carolina, United States

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    Research Triangle Park, NC

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    Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

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    Durham, NC

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    Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

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    Raleigh, NC

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    Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

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    Durham, NC

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    Albemarle, NC

Education

  • North Carolina State University Graphic

    North Carolina State University

    - Growth venture analysis
    - Product creation/development
    - Strategic planning for local startups
    - Voice of customer analysis
    - Consulting

  • Activities and Societies: Delta Upsilon International Fraternity, President of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences student council, volunteer for the World Special Olympics 1999.

  • • growth venture analysis and planning, product development, strategic planning, voice of the customer
    • developed business plan to commercialize patent-pending medical device

Volunteer Experience

Publications

  • The disruptor that doesn't want to be disrupted

    FM Magazine

    A look at corporate accelerators and incubators. A subsidiary of JetBlue Airways is investing in startups to better understand travel technology, guard against disruption, and position its parent for the future.

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  • Idea tournaments: Gamifying innovation

    FM Magazine

    Creating a challenge can inspire a culture of innovation. Here's how.

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  • Crafting a killer value proposition statement

    FM Magazine

    A well-crafted statement can help an organisation capture market share and growth while maintaining laser focus as a business. Here’s how to improve yours. Invited article in first 2017 issue of CGMA Magazine.

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  • Buying Innovation: the rise of corporate venture capital

    FM Magazine

    Many organizations are figuring out how to tap into the entrepreneurial and startup ecosystems to help grow their business and industry. Corporate Venture Capital is one such method, which is discussed in this invited article for the CGMA Magazine.

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  • Collision Course to Collaboration

    FM Magazine

    Thought leadership article about how to enhance a company's culture of innovation. Includes in depth case study of one company plus specific behaviors that mangers should embrace.

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  • 9 ways to reduce risk by embracing innovation

    FM Magazine

    To not innovate is to increase risk. And, at its root, innovation is all about creating value by reducing risk and exploiting opportunity. This invited article in the CGMA Magazine outlines several tenets you can follow to reduce risk by innovating.

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  • Accelerating Innovation in Climate Services

    Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

    Peer-reviewed essay discusses how to accelerate innovation in creating climate-based information products and services. Methods discussed are easily transferable to other disciplines and industries.

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  • Seize the Janus Moment

    AMS Front Page

    Invited vision statement for the 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, a professional society with membership over 14,000.

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  • Challenges and Opportunities in Agrometeorology, chapter 18

    Springer-Verlag

    Edited by Attri S.D., L.S. Rathore, M.V.K. Sivakumar, S.K. Dash.
    lead author of Chapter 18, ISBN 3642193595, 580 pp.

  • Cucurbit Downy Mildew ipmPIPE: A Next Generation Web-based Interactive Tool for Disease Management and Extension Outreach

    Plant Management Network

    Co-authored publication discussing an interactive tool for mitigating the risk of Cucurbit Downy Mildew, based on climate information.

  • Proposed Standard for Automatic Calculation of Rainfall Erosivity

    Journal of Applied Engineering for Agriculture

    Volume 26, pp. 401-403.

Honors & Awards

  • 20 Under 40 Superstar

    CPA Practice Advisor

    Named as one of the 20 Under 40 Superstars that are emerging as the future leaders in the accounting and finance profession.

  • CEO award

    Association of International Certified Professional Accountants

    Awarded by the CEO for exemplary leadership and contributions to innovation

  • CEO award

    AICPA

    Awarded by the CEO for exemplary leadership and contributions to innovation

  • Certificate of Appreciation

    Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

    In recognition of valuable contributions to climate education as the featured presenter for the first Public Seminar hosted by the Institute for Climate Education at Asheville-Buncombe Community College in Asheville, NC.

  • Certificate of Appreciation

    NC State University, Office of Extension, Engagement and Economic Development

    For outstanding contributions to a task-force charged with the improving gateway access to the organization's services.

  • Pride of the Pack

    NC State University

    Recognized for a special or unique contribution to the University.

  • Highly Ranked Website

    Alexa Web Search

    According to Alexa (www.alexa.com), Live Weather Images was ranked in the top 285,000 websites on the internet as of October 14, 2007. In 2002, it was in the top 40,000 websites. In 2005, it was in the top 3,000 websites during hurricane season.

  • Feature Article

    New York Times

    Highlighted as a weather website in a New York Times article, August 13, 1998 (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E3DB153AF930A2575BC0A96E958260)

  • Feature Article

    Charlotte Observer

    Focus of an article that was published in the Charlotte Observer on June 4, 1998 that highlights my website as a weather resource. Article was in the CLICK section, a section devoted to interesting and useful websites.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Italian

    Elementary proficiency

  • Spanish

    Elementary proficiency

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