Mark Parrish Speaker Biography

Mark is a very Accomplished and High-Impact Speaker, World Class Leadership Expert, Public Company, Private Company, Private Equity and Family Office CEO, Military Veteran and Management Consultant. Mark is committed to teaching the hands-on application of transformative leadership principles learned through his own diverse industry, academic, and military experiences.

Some of Mark’s specialties include

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Turnaround Specialist
• Strategic Planning
• Marketing & Sales Integration
• Financial Planning and Motivational Speaking

Mark is a ”Corporate Culturalist” and Change Agent. Mark is a distinguished graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. During his uniformed service in Army Aviation, he proudly served in five countries on three continents. As an AH- 64 Apache pilot, he bravely served in Operations Desert Shield/Storm where he was awarded the Bronze Star and Air Medal for Valor. Mark was also awarded the Apache Training Brigade’s “Top Gun” title as the unit’s number one copilot gunner out of sixty-six competing pilots. He later earned two Master of Science degrees in Engineering and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mark has had an incredibly unique business career. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Parrish Partners. Parrish Partners is a leadership and management consulting company offering business consulting, executive coaching, executive search, and leadership training for personal and business growth. Centered on leading edge thinking and Fortune 100 company best practices, Parrish Partners specialties include leadership, strategy, culture, organizational change, and operations excellence. Mark was CEO, President, and Director of Stuart Dean Company, Inc., the 91-year-old, Manhattan-based international real estate restoration and preservation company serving both the commercial and residential real estate sectors. Most recently Mark was CEO, President, and Director of Igloo Products Corp., the 76-year-old, U.S.-based manufacturer of the iconic Igloo brand of commercial and consumer cooler products. He has an accomplished record of leading organizational transformations. His contributions have yielded tremendous value creation with other well-known consumer brands, such as Harley-Davidson ( Director of “Big Twin” vehicle assembly operations), The Simmons Companies (Executive Vice President & COO) and other industry leaders, including Ply Gem, Interface, Inc. (Senior Vice President), and Deceuninck North America (President, CEO & Director), each world-class manufacturer’s known for their rapid product innovation.

“Mark Parrish, CEO, Igloo, delivers an outstanding keynote at the i4cp 2017 Conference: Next Practices Now on how to build a culture of commitment, and the business reasons WHY you should.”

The No Grey Areas Show: “Want to learn some important character development skills? Mark Parrish, a West Point Grad, shares with us some of the skills that he learned at West Point, along with his experience as an executive leader. More specifically, he and Pat discuss the importance of honor and integrity.”

The No Grey Areas Show: “Mark Parrish is back to continue on the topic of character. He and Pat stress the importance of why character should be the standard of everything.

At Parrish Partners we accelerate client growth by tapping into organic yet unrealized potential. We use a customized proprietary approach specifically tailored to gain insights through both breakthrough events and follow through process disciplines.

One of our most effective breakthrough tools is a masterfully crafted keynote delivered by our co-founder, Mark Parrish. In “Building Cultures of Commitment: The Science Behind the Art of Leadership,” Mark presents time-tested disciplines gathered over a lifetime of leadership practice. Mark’s award-winning brand of leadership has educated, trained, and inspired thousands.

In this engaging and intimate presentation, he introduces the idea of creative obsolescence, teaching enterprises how to create with intention an organizational culture that, if it existed today, would put all competitors out of business. He captures, codifies, and communicates will crystal clarity the principles which characterize his branded style of servant leadership. Finally, he weaves together a tapestry of engaging example after example, from battlefields to boardrooms, to demonstrate these principles in action. The most common feedback Parrish Partners receives is that Mark’s audiences will leave inspired to implement immediately the practical principles presented.

Mark Parrish is Managing Partner and co-founder of Parrish Partners, LLC, the California based leadership and management consulting firm.

Previously Mark was CEO, President and Director of Igloo Products Corp., the 70-year-old, U.S.-based manufacturer of the iconic Igloo brand of commercial and consumer cooler products. In this role, Mark had global leadership and management responsibility for the operations of Igloo and its affiliated brands Cool Gear and YEWStuff. While in this capacity Mr. Parrish was named the Houston Business Journal’s “2017 Outstanding CEO for Large Companies.”

Immediately prior to joining Igloo, Mark was CEO, President and Director of Stuart Dean Company, Inc., the 80-year-old, Manhattan-based international real estate restoration and preservation company serving both the commercial and residential real estate sectors.

He has an accomplished record of leading organizational transformations of U.S.-based manufacturers. His contributions have yielded tremendous value creation with other well-known consumer brands, such as Harley-Davidson and Simmons, and other industry leaders, including Ply Gem Windows, Interface, Inc., and Deceuninck North America, each world-class manufacturers known for their rapid product innovation.