Women in LAVA

I have taken the leap to start my own business in the Craft Beverage and Hospitality industry. 

Throughout my career, I’ve steered early-stage companies through the business lifecycle—shaping strategy, structuring operations, developing world-class products, and driving growth. I partner with entrepreneurs to understand and execute their vision to create fast-growing, well-funded businesses.

I have built robust infrastructures, orchestrated fundraising efforts, and skyrocketed performance for cutting-edge technology and digital media companies. In key functional roles as COO, SVP, and VP, I’ve worked in some of the most rapidly changing industries—healthcare, entertainment, digital media—consistently driving revenue by double, triple, and quadruple digits.

– Business strategy & start-up operations
– Operations management (COO, SVP, VP, Head of Operations)
– Marketing & client services 
– Fundraising
– Technology product development
– M&A
– Growth planning & revenue optimization
– Process & system reengineering

LEADING OPERATIONS THROUGH MAJOR TRANSFORMATIONS
Pivoted from D2C to B2B (or B2B2C), entered new industries, built mobile ecosystems, changed revenue models to SaaS, re-platformed products, and overhauled operations and marketing strategies.

I provide complimentary info, services and contacts re International development in France's Silicon Valley - Grenoble (Isere county, southeastern valley of the French Alps) and surrounding AuRA region.

I also assist local and incoming French companies and labs with their networks in the US and Canada.

I am a team member of French Cluster (Los Angeles), partner of Business France in the US, member of French Founders.
Specialties: Micro- and Nanotechnology, EDA, software, AI,  new materials, new technologies for energy/renewable energies/cleantech/, smart cities, ICT, Software, nanomedicine, medical devices, Bio- IT, etc. International Trade and development.

I am all about smart investments in health and wellness.

As corporate development consultant, I help launch innovative health products by uncovering their true value and facilitating investment.  My goal is to help you get the best deal when you buy/sell your early stage medical/life science company.

Using a collaborative approach, my firm, AerInno brings together together teams that are patient focused, value-driven, and entrepreneurial.  We are looking for health innovation projects that change our quality of life for the better.

Mark Siegfried is a business development and client relationship leader with over 30 years of experience.  He has held sales and business development leadership positions at the local, regional and national levels, with public and private companies.  Mark’s industry expertise includes but is not limited to aerospace & defense, healthcare, life sciences, financial services and technology.

As Director of Business Development at CBIZ MHM, LLC, Mark works closely with the client service professionals to develop CBIZ’s practice in Southern California.  CBIZ is one of the nation’s leading providers of professional advisory services, focused on accounting, tax, benefits and insurance, HR and payroll solutions. The firm’s clients have access to an unparalleled portfolio of solutions, delivered through a distinctive combination of locally based trusted advisors, backed by a national team of specialized experts.

Previously, Mark was a Client Relationship Director with Stanton Chase where he worked closely with Stanton Chase search consultants to develop the practice, and support client service efforts.  He currently serves as an Advisory Director to the firm.

Prior to working with Stanton Chase, Mark was a Business Development Executive in the Los Angeles office of Moss Adams.  There he focused on developing the firm’s relationships with companies in the aerospace & defense, healthcare, life sciences, and technology industries.  Prior to Moss Adams, Mark was one of the Founding Executives of Archetype Advisors, LLC, a Registered Investment Advisory firm providing private wealth management advice and guidance to mass affluent clients.  His experience also includes eight years as a Client Relationship Executive with PricewaterhouseCoopers where in addition to business development, he facilitated sales methodologies workshops for partners and directors, and led account planning workshops for strategic clients.  He also spent ten years in sales leadership positions at AT&T, and six years in senior account management roles with National Semiconductor.

Mark was elected President of LAVA in 2020 after serving on the Board for four years.  Other professional affiliations include… Chairman of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Aerospace & Defense Forum; member of the Company Screening Committee of the Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio); Executive Committee and Assistant Group Leader for ProVisors Healthcare Affinity Group; and former Treasurer and Board member of the Association for Strategic Planning. 

Mark is a graduate of the Gordon Ford College of Business at Western Kentucky University, and resides in Orange County, CA.