#89 Mark Robinson - President & CEO / Mom advice / Live in the Gray / Drive for $$$

Wish I Knew . . .

Career Background:

• Currently President and CEO of Axion Medical
• Board member with:
  
  • Bottlenose
  • ESSI
• Advisor to Private Equity and Venture capitalists
• Equaterra for nearly 8 years
• Founder of Morgan Chambers in the UK

Highlights

• Hard working family and the oldest of 6 kids
• Community College degree / Great visual
• Power plant engineering degree
• Semi autonomous robot work
• Extremely technical background out of College
• Killing two sacred cows at once
• Citigroup came calling early on
• The drive for $$$
• Learning outsourcing at the very beginning
• Gaining cultural experience early on as an independent contractor
• Outworks everyone else
• Loves the English language
• Massive advice from Mom - Understand people
• EQ = Understanding or caring for people
• Best advice - Question everything
• Secret to success "Live in the Gray"
• Speed in decision making
• Get over yourself and ALWAYS Be yourself
• Constant knocks on his door for opportunities
• Choose your partners wisely and monitor the alliance
• Contention unattended becomes conflict
• Engineering, Outsourcing, Ad Agency
• Organic career choices with good decisions
• Never selling his soul
• World Class Philly Cheesesteak sandwich maker / Comfort Food

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