Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 11, 2000
MARK CALVERT serves as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary for
Onvia.com, the leading business-to-business e-marketplace for small
business buyers and sellers. Onvia.com's headquarters are located in
Seattle, Washington, and the company's Canadian headquarters are located
in Vancouver, BC. Mr. Calvert oversees the company's financial,
administrative and operational functions, human resources,
implementation of mergers and acquisitions, and develops the processes
under which new business strategies are implemented. He played a key
role in developing the analyses and business model through which
Onvia.com secured $71.5 million in private funding and led Onvia.com's
debt placement in September of 1999. He has played a key role in
managing Onvia.com's growth from $1 million in revenue in 1998 to over
$27 million in 1999, and was instrumental in the completion of the
company's recent initial public offering totaling more than $230
million. Prior to joining Onvia.com in October of 1998, Mr. Calvert was
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and
Treasurer at Treasure Bay Gaming and Resorts Inc., an emerging market
gaming corporation. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Calvert served as Managing
Director at Alexander Hutton Advisors Inc., where he specialized in
assisting financially and operationally challenged companies with the
restructuring and refinancing of debt, raising new equity to expand,
assisting with a company's sale or merger, and SEC reporting and
disclosure. He also spent eight years at Ernst & Young in the
Entrepreneurial Division between 1982 and 1990. Mr. Calvert graduated
with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University
of Washington, and holds both a CPA and CTP. Profile
to set the stage for readers?
Mr. Calvert: Onvia.com was founded in Canada in 1996. At that time it
was an e-commerce
