Biography

Mark recently retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Cox Automotive Inc. (“Cox Automotive”), a role he held from 2017 to 2023, a global automotive services and software company whose vision is to transform the way the world buys, sells and owns cars. Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of family-owned Cox Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Bowser joined Cox in 2006 as vice president of Cox Business where he was responsible for overseeing the commercial services division of Cox Communications. In this role, he provided leadership to develop and serve a $7 billion market of diverse business customers. Prior to joining Cox Automotive, Mr. Bowser was vice president of Dell’s Large Corporate Accounts business division where he was responsible for providing computing solutions to Fortune 1000 customers. Prior to Dell, Mr. Bowser served as president of Sprint’s $3.5 billion Enterprise Markets division providing integrated telecommunications solutions to Fortune 500 companies, and as senior vice president of Sprint’s business sales. He has held an extensive number of senior-level financial positions including accounting, financial analysis, and mergers and acquisitions at various companies. Mr. Bowser earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting from Pennsylvania State University. He has been a board member for the STARTLIGHT Foundation and Ronald McDonald House charities. Additionally, Mr. Bowser is on the Penn State Shrayer Honors College Board and the Reynold Wellness Board. In 2012, he was named a Penn State Alumni Fellow. Over his 30-year career, Mr. Bowser has been responsible for a portfolio of diverse strategic areas including finance, operations, sales, marketing and business development for several Fortune 500 companies.