Mark Kessler

Mark is a Partner of Palmares Capital Partners. Prior to joining Palmares, Mark served as Chief Strategy Officer of Trimble Transportation & Logistics (NAS:TRMB), a provider of end to end supply chain technology solutions. At Trimble, Mark served in various roles with responsibility for acquisitions, long range strategic planning, strategic partnerships, product development, and sales & marketing.

Prior to Trimble, Mark was the General Manager and part of the Executive/Leadership Teams of PeopleNet Communications, a provider of onboard computing and carrier fleet communications systems. Mark was a key member of the management team responsible for growing revenue organically over twenty-five times throughout an eleven-year period, until it was acquired by Trimble in 2011.

Prior to PeopleNet, Mark was Executive Vice President of Randall-Reilly where he helped grow revenue by over ten-times during his six-year tenure with the company. Over the span of his career, Mark’s growth, partnership & acquisition endeavors resulted in closed buy and sell side transactions representing nearly $1 billion in transaction value while overseeing new revenue opportunities totaling over $2 billion.