Mark Sincevich, Federal Director at Illumio

Mark Sincevich, a Potomac Officers Club member, serves as federal director at Illumio, a cybersecurity software company that enables zero trust micro-segmentation to prevent the lateral movement of cyberattacks. He joined the company in August 2020, bringing 23 years of experience implementing technology solutions for the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.

As federal director, Sincevich helped the company win two AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I awards and a $1 million AFWERX SBIR Phase II award. He joined Illumio after a stint as federal sales manager at Digital.ai, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Prior to joining Digital.ai, he spent nearly nine years as federal director of Cyviz, a global provider of high-performance visualization, collaboration and command and control systems for meeting rooms. In the said role, Sincevich was able to increase the company’s sales by 436 percent from 2017 to 2018 and capture multimillion-dollar deals. He also initiated and helped to maintain security clearances for key personnel.

The executive currently holds a top-secret clearance.

Sincevich previously owned Staash Press, which he established in December 2001 to deliver leadership, creativity and communication keynote speaking engagements using a professional photography angle. Lockheed Martin, Best Buy, IBM and Science Applications International Corp. were among the companies that hired Staash Press.

His more than two decades of experience also includes time spent as partner manager at different companies, namely Brocade, BakBone Software and Legato Systems, and as executive vice president at EFTechnologies.

Sincevich holds bachelor’s degrees in psychology and economics from the University of Maryland.