Mark Bakken

Founder and Managing Partner

2015 - Current

An early-stage venture fund with >36 portfolio companies across 3 funds, HealthX Ventures leads pre-seed, seed, and series A investments in digital health companies. We are the proud partners of companies such as Medable, Redox, DotCom Therapy, RehabPath, CareX.ai, RxLightning, InsightRx, KeyCare, and many more.

Board Member

2016 - 2020

Board Member

2015 - 2019

Founder and CEO

2010 - 2014

Bootstrapped the business from startup to $120m a year in revenue in less than 5 years. Was recognized as the #46 fastest growing company in the USA by Inc magazine in 2014. Today Nordic has more than 3,000 employees. Nordic was sold in 2021 for >$400m.

Senior Vice President of Business Development

2008 - 2009

Helped with the smooth transition of Bedrock clients and contracts to Tushaus. Tushaus was later Acquired by Dedicated Computing.

Founder & CEO of Bedrock Managed Services & Consulting, (ACQ: Tushaus/Dedicated Computing)

2004 - 2008

Created a patent-pending Managed Services methodology for remotely managing Microsoft systems. Grew the business from start up to $5M/year in managed services revenue. Sold the business to Tushaus in 2008. Tushaus was later acquired by Dedicated Computing.

VP of Information Systems

2003 - 2003

Identified a way to save $30M/year on their IT budget by consolidating technologies and optimizing processes.

GM-Midwest

2002 - 2002

Helped with the smooth transition of Goliath customers to IIS

Founder & CEO of Goliath Networks, ACQ: IIS

1993 - 2001

Bootstrapped IT services business from startup to $25M/year in sales. Helped Microsoft create the Gold certification program and advised Microsoft for 7 consecutive years on their Infrastructure Partner Advisory Council. Sold the business to a public company (IIS) in 2001