Mark Ackerman earned a BS in Supply Chain and Operations Management at Brigham Young University of Hawaii. He speaks Mandarin Chinese fluently and has inside on the ground experience in the manufacturing environment in China.

Mark has lean six sigma project management experience that he uses regularly. Mark's recent past includes working as Director of Operations at multiple 100 million dollar companies and Self employment as a consultant and promotional products dealer. He has a wife of 12 years and six children.