Mark E.
About
Mark E. is from McLean, Virginia, United States. Mark is currently Vice President of Business Development at The Andean Group LLC, located in Northern Virginia, Virginia, United States. In Mark's previous role as a Chief Executive Officer at Comar Cyber, Mark worked in Washington, District of Columbia, United States until Feb 2025. Prior to joining Comar Cyber, Mark was a Chief Operating Officer at Comar Associates, Inc. and held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Washington D.C. Metro Area. Prior to that, Mark was a Operations Officer at Central Intelligence Agency, based in Washington D.C. Metro Area from Jan 2005 to Dec 2018. Mark started working as Deputy Chief at Central Intelligence Agency in Washington D.C. Metro Area in Jan 2017. From Jan 2005 to Jan 2016, Mark was Case Officer at Central Intelligence Agency, based in Europe, South Asia, Western Hemisphere. Prior to that, Mark was a Co-founder at WebFortris, based in Bethesda, MD from Oct 1999 to May 2002. Mark started working as Foreign Service Officer at U.S. State Department in Worldwide in Mar 1992.
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Mark E.'s current jobs
Winning and staffing national security contracts to advance operational and IT missions of the government.
Mark E.'s past jobs
Mark Elliott serves as CEO of Comar Cyber, a Washington-based human factors cyber security training and consulting company. Mark focuses his decades of Intelligence Community experience in cyber operations, human intelligence, and counterintelligence on the mission of corporate cybersecurity training. Most cybersecurity breaches start with human error, not technical weaknesses. Comar Cyber offers cybersecurity training backed by years of experience in preparing personnel to meet rigorous standards set by the only metric that matters: mission success in the field.
Utilizing over 20 years of government experience with State Department and CIA to form Comar’s Cyber Services and Government Services Divisions. Heading up the effort to sub-contract to an Intelligence Community partner. Designing engaging cyber security training program for corporations and government offices that utilizes gamification to improve participation and retention. Providing policy guidance to USG on HUMINT related issues.
Executive level experience in leading worldwide staff in international security operations in challenging and austere overseas environments across human & technical intelligence, military, and law enforcement disciplines. Training and experience in identifying and countering nation-state cyber threats to protect enterprise and operational systems at the management and operator level. Created CIA's requirements for operational technology in the foreign field. Worked with companies, investors, and other elements of government to identify, purchase, and create technologies for CIA's operational use. Improved national level security for foreign partners in Europe and South Asia. Provided operational solutions for complex national level problem sets across political, military, law enforcement, economic and technological issues throughout Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Acquired, designed, and managed revolutionary operational technologies for deployment worldwide. Training and experience in identifying and countering nation-state cyber threats to protect enterprise and operational systems at the management and operator level. Created CIA's requirements for operational technology in the foreign field. Worked with companies, investors, and other elements of government to identify, purchase, and create technologies for CIA's operational use. Directed budget in tens of millions of dollars to assess technologies in the fields of communications (terrestrial, cellular, satellite); software (blockchain, apps, encryption products); hardware (quantum computing); persona and identity management and other areas.
Multiple long and short term tours overseas and in the U.S. conducting cyber efforts, counter terrorism operations, and traditional HUMINT both unilaterally and with foreign partners.
Co-founded Internet start-up to create an ISP that would provide secure Internet and email access with anonymous web browsing. Focused on Internet privacy and security issues. Learned how to form tech sector companies and the mechanics of start-up funding. Designed business plan with innovative preference-based advertising model; successfully pitched concept to VCs and investors.
Foreign Service Officer, Economics Cone, with work in Consular Cone. Overseas postings include Bogota, Colombia and Caracas, Venezuela. Also served in: Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)); Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM); elected as Chairman, Secretary of State's Open Forum.