Mark Lacy is founder, President and CEO of Benchmark Research - a dynamic firm with a network of quality investigative research sites throughout Texas, California, and Louisiana. He spearheaded Benchmark from inception, starting with one site, one coordinator, and one research study in 1997. Benchmark Research has grown to include locations in 6 cities with over 60 employees, and has successfully completed more than 900 clinical studies across the U.S. Today, Benchmark Research is a highly respected and leading investigational site network in the clinical research industry. Mr. Lacy served four years on the Board of Trustees of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals, he is a past chairman of the Site Manager Forum, one of four finalist for the 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year title, and recognized as one of the 'PharmaVoice 100' Growth Engineers.