Mark Zorko, NACD.DC
Director
Mark Zorko has been on the board of Westell Technologies, Inc. (OTC: WSTL), chairs the audit committee, and is on the compensation committee. He previously chaired the board’s special committee charged with its “going private” transaction. He is also the chairman of Modern Mining Technology Corp.
Mr. Zorko previously chaired the nominating and corporate governance committee and served on both the audit and compensation committees of Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPIH), a firm in the piping solutions industry. Mr. Zorko was on the audit committee for Opportunity International, a microfinance bank, and was on the board of St. Alexius Medical Center, a 330-bed hospital. Mr. Zorko is a co-founder and principal with Brentwood Advisory Group. In January 2016, Mr. Zorko founded Brentwood 401k, LLC, to provide 401(k) plan advisory services to middle-market firms.
He was the interim chief financial officer at radiation science and services firm Landauer Inc. (NYSE: LDR) from June 2014 until April 2015. Mr. Zorko served as the CFO of Steel Excel, Inc. (Nasdaq: SXCL), a public energy industry firm, from August 2011 until May 2013. He also served as president and CEO of Wells Services Ltd. (WSL) and CFO of DGT Holdings (DGTC), a medical imaging firm, from 2006 through 2012.
Mr. Zorko received a MBA in IT from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor of science in accounting from The Ohio State University. He began his career as a CPA at Arthur Andersen and Honeywell in the United States and Europe. He is a Certified Public Accountant, NACD Director-certified and Board Leadership Fellow, and earned the NACD's CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight.