Mark Mackenzie

Mark Mackenzie heads Telecom, Media & Technology Venture Capital at AllianceBernstein and is the Senior TMT Thematic Analyst. Mark analyzes emerging trends and utilizes that knowledge to drive venture capital and public market investments. In this cross-over roll, Mark leverages the largest publicly traded money manager (AB has about half a trillion dollars under management) on behalf of his private investments - offering operational guidance, strategic vision, introductions to large TMT companies and insight into Wall Street's thinking. Mark's portfolio includes Brightcove (online video), Hillcrest Labs (digital home), Impinj (RFID), Jumptap (mobile advertising), Obopay (mobile payments), Vette (Data Center Cooling) and Visible World (intelligent TV advertising). He recently sold Pure Digital (maker of the Flip camcorder) to Cisco.

Prior to his current role, Mark was at AllianceBernstein's sell-side subsidiary Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. where he co-founded the Media & Communication Strategy team. In this role, Mark co-authored books on the digital home, internet video and media's digitalization. Prior to co-creating the M&C Strategy team, he was part of Bernstein's Global Media research team covering large, publicly traded companies such as Comcast, Disney and Time Warner. Before joining Bernstein, he was a Telecommunication, Media & Technology investment banker with Lehman Brothers in New York and London and a Manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Beijing. Mark also worked for PwC in London where he co-founded a company, Pilgrim House Services. Mark has an MBA from NYU Stern and is a CPA.