Mark Brandon is the CEO and Co-Founder of Qbox, a Fayetteville-based provider of big data hosting and solutions.  In 2012, Qbox was known as StackSearch, and was a participant in the 2012 Ark Challenge.  StackSearch was one of the participants selected for a follow-on investment following Demo Day.  With 20+ years in technology sales, Mark previously sold a financial trading and clearing startup in the late 1990′s.  He has a Masters Degree in Technology Commercialization from the Red McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, and resides in Fayetteville with his wife and two daughters.