Mark has been a North Carolina State Highway Patrolman for over 23 years. He is a Training Coordinator within the Special Operations Motor Unit. Mark is the lead police motor instructor for all North Carolina State Highway motorcycle training. He has provided training and oversight for the certification of hundreds of law enforcement motor officers in some of the most rigorous testing in the world on many types of police motorcycles. Mark heads up the only BikeSafe program in the US through the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

He holds numerous certifications in police motor instruction, motor officer survival tactics, and combat military motorcycle training. Mark's certifications in Executive Protection have afforded him the opportunities to provide Presidential and Vice- Presidential motorcade escorts.

Mark served four years in the United States Marine Corps. He trained in military police at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, where he transferred and served as a Military Police Correction Specialist. Mark also attained the rank of Eagle Scout and received the God & Country Award.