Mark started with the Royal Navy in 1988 as a Weapons Engineering Mechanic, and had postings to HMS Intrepid, the Falkland Islands, and Communications Centres in Britain. He was selected for promotion to Leading Hand in 1992 and commenced a 9 month training course at HMS Collingwood gaining City & Guilds 1, 2, & 3 in Electronics servicing. Mark also won the student of the year prize for 1993.

Mark saw service in HMS Manchester as the Electronic Warfare Maintainer and brought HMS Newcastle out of refit and through extensive testing and commissioning as the Radio Communications Maintainer. Mark was drafted to HMS Collingwood to lead practical training in test equipment and electrical principles. Selected for Advancement to Petty Officer in 1995, Mark was also selected for HND Training in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at HMS Collingwood and graduated from the HND course in 1999.

Mark then became the Sonar maintainer on HMS Nottingham, and was responsible for commissioning, maintenance and diagnostic defect repair on all Sonar equipments installed on HMS Nottingham. During that time he was also responsible for maintenance, administration and repair of a ship borne Windows NT4 LAN with 56 outstations, PDC and BDC. Mark's training background was once again utilised on HMS Nottingham as he was responsible for the professional development of 20 staff in his training wing.

In early 2001 Mark was posted to HMS Thunderer , A Leadership Training School for Engineering Officers undertaking sponsored Engineering and Technical Degrees with Southampton University. During his time at Thunderer, Mark designed, developed and delivered leadership and technical training programmes.

Upon leaving the Navy in 2002 Mark Joined Network Rail as an Assistant Area Signal engineer, commencing the Signal Engineering Conversion Programme with Signet Solutions, graduating to Woking technical support team, where his electronic skills were put to good use repairing obsolescent electronic systems and investigating second and third line faults. Once again, training colleagues was an important part of Mark’s remit, developing junior technicians electronic and practical skills.

Mark joined Signet in May 2003, as a Training Consultant, where he has responsibility for developing and delivering courses for the Signal Maintenance specialisation. Mark also delivers some Design training, and acts as the the IT administrator for the company.