Mark McLaughlin

Mark McLaughlin is senior vice president, general manager of the VeriSign Naming and Directory Services Business Unit. The Naming and Directory Services Business Unit runs the Internet’s .com and .net system and provides powerful, proven platforms to businesses to support their mission-critical applications across disparate networks, devices, and end points. Prior to joining the Naming and Directory Services business unit, Mr. McLaughlin was vice president of Corporate Business Development for VeriSign. In this role, Mr. McLaughlin lead VeriSign corporate wide business-development efforts and was responsible for strategic VeriSign agreements and relationships with IBM, Microsoft, FDC, Inuit, eBay, Sun Microsystems and other leading technology companies. Before that, Mr. McLaughlin was the general manager of the VeriSign Payment Services Business Unit, leading the VeriSign Internet payment business.

Prior to VeriSign, Mr. McLaughlin was the vice president of sales and business development for Signio, a leading Internet payment company, and was instrumental in the negotiation and acquisition of Signio by VeriSign in 1999.

Prior to joining Signio, Mr. McLaughlin was the vice president of business development for Gemplus, the world’s leading smart-card company. In this role, Mr. McLaughlin was responsible for Gemplus business development and legal affairs and negotiated and closed many strategic alliances and business deals for the company both in the Americas, Asia, and in Europe.

Prior to joining Gemplus, Mr. McLaughlin was the general counsel of Caere Corporation, the word’s leading OCR software company. Before joining Caere, Mr. McLaughlin practiced law with Cooley Godward, a leading high technology law firm in Silicon Valley, in the firm’s Information and Technology Licensing Group.

Mr. McLaughlin received his J.D., Magna cum Laude, from Seattle University School of Law and his B.S. Degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Mr. McLaughlin served as an attack helicopter pilot in the U.S. Army and earned an Army Commendation Medal and Airborne Wings.