Mark began his career in the early 1980s, graduating from UCT with a BSc degree in Computer Science. After some time working as a programmer, Mark got involved in a start-up called Retail Control System (RCS) developing, marketing and distributing IT solutions around Point of Sale systems in the retail and hospitality industries. Early 1990s, Mark exited from RCS and joined another start-up that developed systems in the telephone management and least-cost routing space. In 2006, Mark got involved with the electricity metering company, Actaris and the distribution of prepaid electronic vouchers to the informal retail market. His new business called XplainIT became an agent for Actaris, introduced the prepaid voucher vending concept to Psitek and then became an agent for Psitek. In 2011, Kazang Connect acquired XplainIT and Mark joined the Kazang Connect team.