Mark Strode

Current

Vice President at NewComLink

Past

Director - Sales at Dell Financial Services
Director - Customer Financing, EMEA at Dell Financial Services
Director - Strategic Initiative at Dell Financial Services

Director - Marketing & Business Development at Dell Financial Services
Director - Sales & Operations at Dell Financial Services
Controller at Dell Financial Services
Assistant Vice President at Bank One / First USA

see less...

4 more...

Education

Miami University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Mark

Connections

127 connections

Industry

Financial Services

Websites

Mark Strode’s Summary

Results driven Financial Services Executive with a demonstrated record of accomplishment across a broad range of functional disciplines. Progressively expanding leadership positions in extremely demanding Fortune 50 and Start-up environments.

Highly developed Client and Vendor relationship skills honed in complex global partnerships, joint ventures and strategic partnerships.

P&L focused with a pragmatic approach to optimizing profitability under diverse operating conditions.

Consistent track record of significantly exceeding growth targets and scaling operating expenses.

Business sponsor for multiple enterprise wide product and technology launches.

Deep International experience, working and living, in developed and emerging countries.

Six Sigma certified.

Mark Strode’s Specialties:

Diverse Global Experience, Strategy Development, P&L Management, Sales & Marketing, Financial Planning & Analysis, Product Development, Vendor Selection & Contract Negotiation, Operations, Reporting & Analytics, Acquisition Integration and Six Sigma Certified.

Mark Strode’s Experience

Vice President

NewComLink

(Financial Services industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Responsible for all Operations functions including Client Program Management, Customer Service, Compliance and Platform Business Rules.
Director - Sales

Dell Financial Services

(Financial Services industry)

February 2008 — June 2008 (5 months)

Led Small Business sales and support organizations. Responsible for strategy development and implementation as well as day-to-day management of all aspects of sales, support and business analytics. Managed organization of 115 FTE.

Short term assignment primarily focused on wind-down and transition of direct sales organization.
Director - Customer Financing, EMEA

Dell Financial Services

(Financial Services industry)

August 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 7 months)

Expatriate assignment in Dublin, Ireland to lead the development of customer financing capabilities in the European business units. Primarily responsible for vendor selection, contract negotiation and relationship management of financial services partners. Directly responsible for day-to-day management of customer financing sales and marketing teams, P&L targets and oversight on business controls.
Director - Strategic Initiative

Dell Financial Services

(Financial Services industry)

April 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 5 months)

Seconded to Dell Treasury to help lead the effort to develop customer financing capabilities in Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America. Primarily responsible for long range strategy development, vendor selection, contract negotiation and relationship management of Global partners. Also, responsible for supporting the transition of Dell Financial Services US Joint Venture to a Dell captive.
Director - Marketing & Business Development

Dell Financial Services

(Financial Services industry)

February 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 3 months)

Responsible for all marketing, new business development and business analytics functions for Consumer lending business with $3B+ in annual sales volume. Managed a staff of 20.
Director - Sales & Operations

Dell Financial Services

(Financial Services industry)

February 2002 — February 2004 (2 years 1 month)

Responsible for all sales, e-commerce and back-end operations functions for Consumer lending business. Grew annual revenue 282% from $680M to $2.6B. Managed a staff of 60.
Controller

Dell Financial Services

(Financial Services industry)

November 1999 — February 2002 (2 years 4 months)

Responsible for managing P&L, operating expenses, financial planning & analysis and business analytics for Consumer lending business. Grew revenue 140% from $285M to $680M. Managed a staff of 4.
Assistant Vice President

Bank One / First USA

(Financial Services industry)

December 1991 — November 1999 (8 years )

Various financial and operational management positions with Bank One and First USA's Credit Card business.

Bank One subsequently acquired by JP Morgan Chase & Co.