Mark joined Zale Corporation in 1995 as Director of Project Administration and Control for the IT department. In 1998, he was promoted to Senior Director of Management Information Systems, overseeing the company�s MIS business support areas, including all application development for the corporation. He also played a major role in the successful integration of Piercing Pagoda. In August 2003, Mark was promoted to Vice President of Corporate Planning and Analysis where he was responsible for overseeing all merchandise planning and expense planning functions in the Corporation.

Prior to Zale, Mark worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and was the Director of Financial Operations for the Southwest Regional Office of the Resolution Trust Corporation.  He holds a bachelor�s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting from Baylor University and is a Certified Public Accountant (�CPA�).  He also will graduate with a Masters of Divinity (�MDiv�) from Westminster Theological Seminary in December, 2007.