As Chief Marketing Officer, Mark Bunting leads the global marketing practice for Rackspace, including global marketing strategy and all aspects of the marketing organization including communications, brand, advertising, creative, digital, field and channel marketing. Mark’s leadership objective is to ensure all customers of Rackspace understand the full breadth of what the company provides as an unbiased, trusted advisor in today’s multi-cloud world. Mark will manage and accelerate the transformation of the Rackspace brand. Mark brings more than 25 years of experience as a technologist, author, TV personality and influencer to Rackspace. He has served as interim CEO and CMO at various technology companies where his experiences ranged from driving traditional marketing strategy and deployment, to sales and marketing organizational restructure, to agency and personnel selection and team building. Mark has also held acting C-suite roles at Apollo Education and McAfee, and currently serves as a mentor to numerous technology start-ups at the Texas-based accelerator Capital Factory. In addition to his experience in the C-suite, Mark is a recognized TV personality on the topic of demystifying technology and has appeared on programs for The Discovery Channel, CNBC, The Learning Channel, Fox and his own series, “Bunting’s Window,” which ran for 23 years on 11 airlines globally. A serial entrepreneur, he has also founded numerous digital and media brands, including SkyTV, which was sold to Ziff-Davis. Mark is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he is currently a lecturer at the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations. He is based in the company’s San Antonio and Austin, TX offices.