Mark McLaughlin is the former Executive Vice President of the Products, Marketing, and Customer Care organization. In this role, he is responsible for VeriSign's product strategy, product management, product development, corporate and product marketing, and customer care. Since joining VeriSign in 2000, Mark has held the roles of Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Information Services Division, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Manager, Registry Services, Vice President, Corporate Business Development and Vice President, General Manager, Payment Services. Before joining Verisign, Mark was the VP of Sales and Business Development for Signio, a leading Internet payment company, and was instrumental in the negotiation and acquisition of Signio by VeriSign in December, 1999. That same year Mark joined the board of directors at Vesta, an Altos Ventures Company. Prior to that, Mark was the VP of Business Development for Gemplus, the world’s largest smart card company, and the General Counsel of Career Corporation, the word's leading OCR software company. Mark also practiced law with Cooley Godward, a technology law firm in Silicon Valley. Mark received his JD, Magna cum Laude, from Seattle University School of Law and his BS from the United States Military Academy at West Point.