Mark E. Atkins has more than 25 years of management experience building both entrepreneurial and Fortune 1000 firms in the computer and financial industries. Since joining Vality Technology Inc. in 1990, Mr. Atkins has served as President and CEO. Under his leadership, Vality has evolved from a start-up to its current position as the leading company in the data quality market. He is now driving the next level of growth into enterprise information intelligence (EII), extending Vality’s products and services into business intelligence, ERP migration, enterprise application integration (EAI), and e-commerce. He is also spearheading major partner initiatives, including successful reseller agreements with IBM. Under these agreements, Vality’s flagship product, the INTEGRITY ™ Data Re-engineering Environment, is integrated into IBM’s Visual Warehouse and Net.Commerce.

Before joining Vality, Mr. Atkins was Senior Vice President of Computer Solutions Inc.—the precursor of Powersoft Corporation, ultimately acquired by Sybase. Responsible or sales, marketing, and client support and consulting, Mr. Atkins was a key contributor to building the company from five employees to a nationally recognized firm.

Previously, Mr. Atkins gained extensive business experience in both sales management and financial management positions. As National Sales Manager for the Data Networking division at Honeywell Information Systems, he was responsible for the global revenues of the division. Prior to this, he held executive management positions at Service Bureau Corporation, a former IBM subsidiary; Polaroid Corporation; and BayBank (acquired by BankBoston, now a part of Fleet Boston Corporation).

Mr. Atkins has a BA from the University of Massachusetts, an advanced banking degree from the American Institute of Banking, and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Babson College.