Mark Bednarski

Chapters

Different industries. A consistent pattern.

Build, simplify, integrate, commercialize, and lead M&A from both sides.

Mark in a USATF official's uniform on a blue track, a starter's pistol on his belt
Officiating as a USATF starter, June 2025.

Formation

The work started before the titles.

I founded my first company in middle school and my second in high school, while competing as an elite athlete. Running a business as a teenager taught me to own the whole thing early.

Entrepreneurship. Blue Box Light began in middle school. Filmwerk followed in high school. At Filmwerk I ran sales, client relationships, production, finance and operations.

Engineering. Mechanical engineering, computer science and business gave me a disciplined way to read complex systems. I look for the constraint first and simplify around it.

Athletics. Competition taught me that preparation and measurement compound. Today I coach youth athletes and officiate as a starter in track and cross country. Now and then I still race as a Masters runner.

2018 to 2022

VP Product, then SVP Product & Technology

iGrafx

The cargo ship Atlantic Sail in dry dock in Hamburg harbor
Visiting a customer in Hamburg harbor, 2019.

Product and Technology through the 2021 Banneker Partners investment, a new operating cadence for the PE owner, then the acquisition and integration of Logpickr.

The full chapter

2022 to 2024

Chief Operating Officer

PWCC / Fanatics

The steel vault door at PWCC standing open, a closed barred gate behind it and storage shelving inside
The vault at PWCC, 2023. More than $1B in appraised assets under custody.

Full P&L before the sale, through the 2023 sale to Fanatics and the integration into Fanatics Collectibles.

The full chapter

2024 to 2025

President & COO

Infinite Athlete / Biocore

Mark on the sideline at the Caesars Superdome before Super Bowl LIX
On the sideline at the Caesars Superdome, Super Bowl LIX, February 2025. Our systems ran in all 30 NFL stadiums.

Full P&L, with every function reporting to me. I integrated Biocore, then took the company through its sale to Exos in October 2025.

The full chapter