Mark Aslett


Mark Aslett is President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercury Systems. Aslett became CEO and was elected to Mercury's Board of Directors in 2007. Aslett is a naturalized US citizen originally from the United Kingdom. He holds a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School and a First Honors bachelor's degree in digital systems engineering from The University of Sunderland.
Aslett has been profiled in several business publications, frequently commenting on the need for modernizing and streamlining the United States Department of Defense more involvement of commercial enterprises in the procurement process to help drive increased innovation and affordability, 2) the continued adoption of open systems architectures to leverage modularity and portability of technologies across defense platforms, and, 3) the need for industry participants to invest in more internal research and development in order to accelerate technology development. These key elements are reflected in Mercury Systems’ proposed Next Generation Business model, designed to drive affordable innovation in defense, and complement those principles espoused by the DoD's Better Buying Power initiative.

Early career

Prior to his career at Mercury, Aslett was President and Chief Executive Officer of Enterasys Networks. Earlier in his career, he held various positions with Marconi plc and affiliated companies, including Vice President of Marketing, Vice President of Portfolio Management for Marconi Capital, and President of Marconi Communications – North America. Preceding his employment at Marconi plc, Aslett worked at GEC Plessey Telecommunications, and other telecommunications-related technology firms. His career began in software engineering at British Telecommunications.