
	Mark Sopp was named the chief financial officer and executive vice president of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) on November 28, 2005. His most significant activities at SAIC have been preparing for and executing the company&#39;s initial public offering, establishing the investor relations function, implementing financial planning processes and tools, enhancing compliance programs, implementing new financial information systems, and implementing a number of business process improvement initiatives for greater efficiency and effectiveness. Sopp joined SAIC with more than 18 years of finance experience, after most recently serving as chief financial officer and treasurer of The Titan Corporation.

	At Titan, Sopp led the organization through a shift from a mixed government and commercial provider to a pure play defense provider. From 1999 to 2005, Sopp helped build a $2 billion defense and government contracting business by executing an aggressive acquisition, integration, growth, and profit improvement campaign, culminating in a sale to L-3 Corporation.

	Prior to Titan, Sopp was director, international controller for Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., a large international manufacturer and distributor of golf equipment. Before joining Taylor Made in 1990, he practiced as a certified public accountant at Arthur Andersen &amp; Co., where he began his career in May 1987.

	Sopp earned his bachelor&#39;s degree in accountancy from New Mexico State University in 1987, and completed the executive program from The Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1998.
