Marc joined Lake Capital in 2008 and is responsible for overall leadership of Business Development and Portfolio Company Services. Prior to joining Lake, Marc was a director of corporate strategy and development at Leo Burnett Worldwide, comprised of the Leo Burnett brand agency and Arc Worldwide, an integrated marketing-services company. Marc also served as global president of Arc.

As a member of LBW’s Global Management Council, Marc helped define and merchandise LBW’s vision, strategy and go-to-market business model. He drove the company’s innovations agenda, leveraging his expertise in advertising, marketing services and emerging technologies. Marc was additionally responsible for the company’s digital investments, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic alliances.

His career highlights are many. With an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Marc served from 1992 to 1996 as Kellogg’s associate dean and also created and directed the External Relations department. He went on to co-found Digital Knowledge Assets, an Internet start-up that created a Web-based knowledge-management platform. Marc defined the end-state for the company and prepared it for a private equity sale.

From 2001-2003, he was executive vice president and director of corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions at BCOM3 Group, Inc. He was instrumental in the sale of BCOM3 to Publicis Groupe, creating the world’s fourth-largest communications company and second-largest media counsel and buying company.