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.
CEO at Datch
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Co-founders at Datch
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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 EngineeringCFDANSYSCatiaLanguages English · French
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Frequently asked questions
- 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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