mark field

Mark Field is the Chief Technology Officer and Head of Software Engineering at Life Technologies. Since Joining Life Technologies in 2012, Mark has been instrumental in positioning Life Technologies as the leader in SaaS and cloud computing for biological data.

With 20 years of experience in large-scale enterprise software engineering, Mark is a recognized leader in the Software Engineering Community. Prior to joining Life Technologies, Mark had a distinguished career at Oracle Corporation where he led many of Oracle’s most innovative and transformative initiatives. Mark is a frequent speaker at Oracle Open World and is an expert in Big Data and Supply Chain Management systems.

Mark has degrees in Computer Science and Business from the University of Auckland in New Zealand where he graduated top of the class. He maintains a strong relationship with the University of Auckland, and is currently servings as a Director on the University’s Alumni Association.