Mark Madrid
The Honorable Mark L. Madrid lives life with immense gratitude to God, his family, partner, pet, and inner circle of trust. Renowned for his signature energy, discipline, and grit, Mark’s journey is a testament to overcoming adversity, winning with integrity, and paying it forward.
Mark is a national economic strategist, AI futurist, bestselling author, and the Founder and CEO of Breakthrough Mavens, LLC, Fueling Excellence and Longevity with White-Collar Experience and Blue-Collar DNA. Breakthrough Mavens is a pioneering fractional C-Suite firm powered by AI and grounded in human intelligence, delivering a white-glove, results-driven customer experience.
Mark is the author of his first book, Energy, 21 Uncomplicated & Easy Tips to Start Your Day Energized (Fig Factor Media), the first in a book series, Self-Fueling Excellence. Energy is an Amazon.com best seller in three categories: Motivational Growth & Spirituality, Personal Success & Spirituality, and Health & Spirituality. He is co-author of the Hero Club curated book titled, The Leader’s Playbook: CEOs Transforming Vision into Action (C-Suite Publishing).
A former Associate Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Mark and his team supported millions of U.S. small businesses with services from capital eligibility and education to cybersecurity and procurement.
His expertise has become a trusted compass for small businesses, tech startups, corporate America, public-private partnerships, academia, nonprofits, and C-Suite executives across America.
Currently, Mark serves in distinguished fractional executive roles: Visiting Scholar at the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas and Entrepreneur-In-Residence at NMSDC. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Texas State University McCoy College of Business Foundation and the Board of Advisors at Trez.co, Qoollege, and Deizero. Mark sits on the Advisory Council of the Hispanic Wealth Project and the Executive Board of Directors of FRIENDS, Friends of the American Latino Museum, a national advocacy campaign to create a Smithsonian National American Latino Museum.
Mark is an esteemed member of the C-Suite Network Hero Club, an exclusive community of Founders, CEOs, and Investors driven by distinguished integrity, transparency, and decisive action.
Mark’s past accolades include being honored as the 2019 Silicon Valley Nonprofit CEO of the Year by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, a reflection of his relentless commitment to purpose-driven impact. His career launched on Wall Street with J.P. Morgan in 1995, following his graduation with honors from the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. Also, he holds a Master of Nonprofit Administration, cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business.
As a sought-after keynote speaker and host of the Small Business is Big Business with Mark L. Madrid podcast (powered by C-Suite Media), Mark is an inspiring global voice on economic opportunity, financial literacy, and AI-powered transformation. Mark’s platforms in AI and AGI include a groundbreaking AI Guidebook series collaboration with international award-winning economic developer Kevin Johns and his custom curated AI small business educational forums. In partnership with Conectado and its CEO Guillermo Diaz, Jr., Mark is deploying game changing fractional C-Suite industry standards, along with his digital twin Markitos.
His national honors include the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the American Airlines Extra Mile Award, and an appointment as an Honorary Colonel of the U.S. Army Reserve. Mark’s unwavering integrity and commitment to excellence and authentic, results-driven innovation position him as a respected national media commentator and an elite leader in every room.
Mark has been featured in Forbes, Inc., United Nations Media, the New York Stock Exchange, the Aspen Institute, American City Business Journals, The Hill, The University of Texas at Austin, the University of Notre Dame, Texas State University, Stanford University, the Silicon Valley Business Journal Leadership Trust, the C-Suite Network, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, and iHeart Radio, among other leading platforms.
The Honorable Mark L. Madrid embodies a philosophy of scaling with heart and velocity, proving that no matter how noisy the world becomes, the strongest currency is clarity, and the most powerful leaders are those who lead with unshakable integrity, fanatic discipline, a mighty heart, the will to win, and contagious energy.