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Mark Rowland

Partner

United States

Mark helps clients in the telecom and wireless industries tackle complex challenges around business and technology strategy, technology & new product development and operations improvement.

Areas of Focus

Education

Sheffield Hallam University
Master of Science

Past Experience

MAG
Co-founder & Partner – Telecom Services
IBB Consulting
Partner – Wireless Consulting

Mark is a Partner based in the US and is a member of the firm’s global Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME) practice.

Mark is an experienced executive and management consultant with 30+ years of experience in the telecom and wireless industries across Asia, Europe, and North America. Mark’s focus spans strategy development, market and product planning, technology development and operational improvement, leveraging a deep knowledge of telecommunications and IT technology.

Mark is a proven team leader and mentor with an ability to collaborate with all levels within an organization. Mark serves as a trusted advisor to clients with a proven capability to deliver actionable results leveraging a broad range of skills, growth strategy, product roadmap, technology strategy and planning, operational planning and improvement, business and financial analysis, change management, technology development and commercial due diligence.

Mark earned his MS in Computer Science from Sheffield Hallam University.

Synthetic data: facilitating innovative solutions
Synthetic data: facilitating innovative solutions
Synthetic data (artificially generated data that mimics real-world data) enables AI development by addressing data scarcity and privacy concerns, enhancing model performance, enabling testing and validation, mitigating bias and security vulnerabilities, and facilitating prototyping. As we explore in this Viewpoint, synthetic data helps create robust, secure, unbiased AI systems by overcoming data challenges and privacy limitations.
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From legacy to leading: Mastering large-scale it transformations
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
From legacy to leading: Mastering large-scale it transformations
Communication service providers (CSPs) — especially standalone operators — tend to face serious roadblocks in the initial stage of IT transformations. Discussions about IT architecture and vendor options often lead to analysis paralysis, which hinders progress to the point where operators are unable to keep pace with industry evolution. This Viewpoint provides a blueprint for mastering large-scale IT transformations.
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Tightening the data belt
Tightening the data belt
Mark Rowland, Michael Papadopoulos, Lokesh Dadhich, Sri Rajagopal
The era of big data has delivered real business impacts across industries. However, increased data gathering has a downside; ever-growing data storage volumes and compute requirements lead to budgetary and operational constraints. Automatically generated log files silently drive this rapid, enormous data growth. This Viewpoint identifies how companies can successfully improve holistic log file management to deliver benefits by controlling costs, ensuring compliance, and unlocking data value.
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How blockchain platforms enhance telecom & media
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
How blockchain platforms enhance telecom & media
Shahid Khan, Mark Rowland, Fred Boxa, Maureen Kerr, Sri Rajagopal
Blockchain is still a nascent technology — but it offers multiple advantages to businesses by introducing new business models and developing or revamping existing business models, all while reducing costs, enhancing security, and strengthening trust in ecosystems. Selecting the correct blockchain is critical. This Viewpoint helps you choose the right platform based on your business requirements.
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Web3 basics for telecoms & media
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Web3 basics for telecoms & media
Shahid Khan, Mark Rowland, Sri Rajagopal
Web3 is the umbrella term for the next generation of the Internet underpinned by decentralization and token-based economics. Alongside the Metaverse, whose operation it partly enables, Web3 will transform the power structure and way of working of the Internet, providing new opportunities across telecom, media, and other sectors as well as threats to companies that fail to adapt. In this first of a series of Viewpoints on this topic, we provide a brief overview of the Web3 landscape and opportunities.
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Mark is a Partner based in the US and is a member of the firm’s global Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME) practice.

Mark is an experienced executive and management consultant with 30+ years of experience in the telecom and wireless industries across Asia, Europe, and North America. Mark’s focus spans strategy development, market and product planning, technology development and operational improvement, leveraging a deep knowledge of telecommunications and IT technology.

Mark is a proven team leader and mentor with an ability to collaborate with all levels within an organization. Mark serves as a trusted advisor to clients with a proven capability to deliver actionable results leveraging a broad range of skills, growth strategy, product roadmap, technology strategy and planning, operational planning and improvement, business and financial analysis, change management, technology development and commercial due diligence.

Mark earned his MS in Computer Science from Sheffield Hallam University.

Synthetic data: facilitating innovative solutions
Synthetic data: facilitating innovative solutions
Synthetic data (artificially generated data that mimics real-world data) enables AI development by addressing data scarcity and privacy concerns, enhancing model performance, enabling testing and validation, mitigating bias and security vulnerabilities, and facilitating prototyping. As we explore in this Viewpoint, synthetic data helps create robust, secure, unbiased AI systems by overcoming data challenges and privacy limitations.
Find out more
From legacy to leading: Mastering large-scale it transformations
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
From legacy to leading: Mastering large-scale it transformations
Communication service providers (CSPs) — especially standalone operators — tend to face serious roadblocks in the initial stage of IT transformations. Discussions about IT architecture and vendor options often lead to analysis paralysis, which hinders progress to the point where operators are unable to keep pace with industry evolution. This Viewpoint provides a blueprint for mastering large-scale IT transformations.
Find out more
Tightening the data belt
Tightening the data belt
Mark Rowland, Michael Papadopoulos, Lokesh Dadhich, Sri Rajagopal
The era of big data has delivered real business impacts across industries. However, increased data gathering has a downside; ever-growing data storage volumes and compute requirements lead to budgetary and operational constraints. Automatically generated log files silently drive this rapid, enormous data growth. This Viewpoint identifies how companies can successfully improve holistic log file management to deliver benefits by controlling costs, ensuring compliance, and unlocking data value.
Find out more
How blockchain platforms enhance telecom & media
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
How blockchain platforms enhance telecom & media
Shahid Khan, Mark Rowland, Fred Boxa, Maureen Kerr, Sri Rajagopal
Blockchain is still a nascent technology — but it offers multiple advantages to businesses by introducing new business models and developing or revamping existing business models, all while reducing costs, enhancing security, and strengthening trust in ecosystems. Selecting the correct blockchain is critical. This Viewpoint helps you choose the right platform based on your business requirements.
Find out more
Web3 basics for telecoms & media
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Web3 basics for telecoms & media
Shahid Khan, Mark Rowland, Sri Rajagopal
Web3 is the umbrella term for the next generation of the Internet underpinned by decentralization and token-based economics. Alongside the Metaverse, whose operation it partly enables, Web3 will transform the power structure and way of working of the Internet, providing new opportunities across telecom, media, and other sectors as well as threats to companies that fail to adapt. In this first of a series of Viewpoints on this topic, we provide a brief overview of the Web3 landscape and opportunities.
Find out more

More About mark
  • Sheffield Hallam University
    Master of Science
  • MAG
    Co-founder & Partner – Telecom Services
  • IBB Consulting
    Partner – Wireless Consulting