Where did Mark Fosdike go to school?

Mark Fosdike studied at Cranfield University (MSc, Aerospace Vehicle Design); University of Adelaide (Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace); University of Adelaide (Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering).

Mark Fosdike

Founder

CEO at Datch

United States

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About

Mark Fosdike is the CEO and co-founder of Datch, an Agentic Maintenance Orchestration system that uses AI agents to coordinate maintenance and reliability operations across manufacturing sites in the steel, automotive, energy distribution, and consumer health sectors. An aerospace engineer by training, he began his career in Australia and worked in the UK across design, testing, validation, and customer deployment before founding Datch with Ben Purcell. Outside of work, he writes music, plays guitar, and participates in endurance events.

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Datch's investors · 6

Arc AngelsAuckland Blackhorn VenturesDenver · $500K checks · since 2022 Blue Bear Capital PartnersJackson · since 2022 Boeing HorizonX VenturesChicago · $100K – $10M checks Icehouse VenturesAuckland · $120K – $2.4M checks Third PrimeNew York · $500K – $2M checks

Co-founders at Datch

Ben PurcellCTO

Experience

DatchCEOcurrent2017 — presentNew York, United States
Flex Data, IncAdvisorcurrent2022 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
CAV Aerospace LtdAircraft Systems Design2014 — 2017Consett, UK
Cranfield UniversityMSc in Aircraft Design2013 — 2014Cranfield
ASC Pty LtdEngineer2012 — 2013Techport, Australia
ASC Pty LtdUndergraduate Engineer2010 — 2011
Moore EngineeringLead Draftsman2009 — 2010

Skills & more

Engineering29Aircraft Design5Systems Engineering10System Design4Project Management9Matlab8CAD7Microsoft Excel5Project Planning5Test EngineeringSolidWorks2Inventor3

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Team LeadershipMS ProjectMicrosoft OfficeMechanical EngineeringDefenceAerospace EngineeringEngineering ManagementModelingProject EngineeringCFDANSYSCatia

Languages English · French

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Who is Mark Fosdike?: Mark Fosdike is the CEO and co-founder of Datch, an Agentic Maintenance Orchestration system that uses AI agents to coordinate maintenance and reliability operations across manufacturing sites in the steel, automotive, energy distribution, and consumer health sectors. An aerospace engineer by training, he began his career in Australia and worked in the UK across design, testing, validation, and customer deployment before founding Datch with Ben Purcell. Outside of work, he writes music, plays guitar, and participates in endurance events.
Where does Mark Fosdike work?: Mark Fosdike is CEO of Datch.
What companies did Mark Fosdike found?: Mark Fosdike founded Datch.
Where did Mark Fosdike go to school?: Mark Fosdike studied at Cranfield University (MSc, Aerospace Vehicle Design); University of Adelaide (Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace); University of Adelaide (Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Datch8

Ernst SackPartner at Blue Bear Capital Partners Carolin FunkPartner at Blue Bear Capital Partners Thomas FergusonInvestor at Blue Bear Capital Partners Stephan CizmarCo-Founder at Lorimer Ventures Jack FuchsCo-Founder and Operating Partner at Blackhorn Ventures Ben PurcellCTO at Datch

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Also worked at Flex Data, Inc1

Ruud DekkerInvestor at Kickstart Fund

Also worked at Cranfield University9

Francesco PomponiInvestor at Extantia Capital Laura SubíasVP at Abac Capital Manager S.G.E.I.C.,Colin HayhurstAngel investor Raja JainHead of Investment & Trading Technologies at Endowus Jasvir DhillonFounder at Penomo Jason MullerCo-founder & CEO at Pivigo

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Also worked at ASC Pty Ltd2

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