About Me

Mark Listes is the CEO and co-founder of Pendulum Intelligence (www.pendulumintel.com). He leads Pendulum in its mission to increase the observability of the world in order to empower companies to take proactive action and convert threats into opportunities. Mark also serves as a US State Department instructor.

Prior to Pendulum, Mark was the COO and chief of staff of the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), a US Department of Defense R&E program office with the mission of accelerating the adoption and deployment of cutting-edge technology to support national-security missions.

Mark also served as the director of policy at the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC; 2016–18). In this role, he was the agency’s staff lead for all national-security issues – including combatting foreign election interference, intergovernment and intragovernment coordination, policy design, and policy implementation.

Before the EAC, Mark was the co-founder and executive director of Revive My Vote, a voting-rights NGO that specialized in collaboratively building solutions with government organizations. Mark has a JD from William & Mary Law School and a BA from the University of Tennessee. He is a published author in the topics of critical infrastructure, election law, and policymaking.