Mark is a Principal at K&C with over fifteen years of structural design engineering experience that has largely focused on designing infrastructure to mitigate the effects of blast, impact, and shock loads. He leads many of K&C’s applied research and testing programs involving hardened structures as well as design efforts aimed at developing innovative structural solutions capable of protecting people and critical infrastructure in the event of malicious man-made and accidental explosion threats. Mark is also actively engaged with professional organizations and committees devoted to advancing the state of the art in protective construction. He currently leads the Blast Connections Research Council and is the secretary of the ACI 370 “Blast and Impact Load Effects” committee.