Mark L. Feldman

Mark L. Feldman, Ph.D. is the CEO of Destiny Bay Wine Imports, exclusive importer of luxury, Bordeaux-style blends from Destiny Bay Vineyards, an artisan winery on Waiheke Island, New Zealand. Mark has been instrumental in the marketing and branding of Destiny Bay Vineyards since its founding in 2000. His experience as the U.S. importer and distributor of New Zealand’s highest rated artisan wine has earned praise for his candid presentations on building luxury brands. Formerly CEO of Space-Time Insight, the software leader in real-time geospatial analytics, he was a founding partner of Startup Farms Inc., a software incubator and AlertEnterprise, specializing in real-time IT and physical security. Prior to that Mark was Senior Vice President of Strategy at Virsa Systems, formulating market strategy and implementing product acquisitions and partnerships with the largest professional service and software development firms in the world. After negotiating the SAP acquisition of Virsa Systems, he became a Senior Vice President in the Product & Technology Group at SAP Labs, formulating strategies to market the SAP product portfolio to C-Level executives. Earlier, Mark was a partner and global practice leader for merger and acquisition consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers and president of the Rubicon Group, specializing in transactions and trade between US and Asian companies. In his over 25 years’ experience in mergers and acquisitions, he worked with such diverse global corporations as Adobe Systems, Microsoft, Barclays Group, DaimlerChrysler, Hewlett Packard, Pearson plc, Alcoa, JDS Uniphase, Global Crossing, McDonnell-Douglas and Goodyear. Mark is a frequently quoted speaker who has addressed audiences throughout the world on industry transforming events. His best-selling book on accelerating mergers and business transitions, "Five Frogs on a Log," has sold over 65,000 copies and remains a business favorite in five languages.