M. Mark Sarchet, MBA, MSEE
Mr. Sarchet is a Senior Vice President for Trenwith Valuation, LLC, providing valuation services for financial, tax reporting, and internal planning purposes, primarily for high technology industries in Silicon Valley. He has performed over sixty valuations of intangible assets totaling over $14 billion, including such assets as developed and in-process technologies, cross-licensing agreements, distribution agreements, customer relationships, patents, trademarks and trade names, and other intellectual property. He focuses particularly in the semiconductor, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, networking, optical networking, software, and biotechnology industries.
Prior to joining Trenwith Valuation, Mr. Sarchet spent six years at KPMG LLP / BearingPoint in Silicon Valley where he had primary responsibility for valuing the intangible assets of high technology companies. Prior to joining KPMG in 2000, Mr. Sarchet, spent twenty years in engineering and engineering management in the aerospace, signal and communications intelligence, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and embedded real-time software industries. Mr. Sarchet's previous employers include Radix Technologies, Novellus Systems, Lam Research, Wind River Systems (formerly Integrated Systems, Inc.), Boeing Military Airplane Company, Ford Aerospace, and the NASA Ames research facility in Mountain View, California. Mr. Sarchet's role at these companies was a combination of managing technology development, customer support, marketing, and software development.
Mr. Sarchet holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Iowa, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Iowa, majoring in mathematics and general science.
Mr. Sarchet is currently a Candidate member of the American Society of Appraisers in the discipline of business valuation, and a former member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.