Mark Withington, Principal and founder of PLMresearch acts as its Chief Technical and Knowledge Officer. Mark holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University and a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

Prior to PLMresearch, Mark was Research Director at The Aberdeen Group; Senior eCommerce Consultant at Siemens Business Services, LLC and International Distribution Manager at Datel, Inc.

Mark is the acting president of the BostonPHP Users Group and has held several management positions with local volunteer organizations as well elected positions in government.