Mark Williams spent over 30 years working with the uniformed military, government civilians, corporate executives and contractors throughout the military-industrial complex. He was an executive for two Fortune 500 companies running businesses that provided contractor support to the United States Department of Defense, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, and the Australian Defence Force.  In the 1970s, he served as an Air Force security policeman in the U.S. and Turkey.  He holds college degrees in engineering, mathematics and systems analysis.