Mark Modello is a native of Chicago and earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Florida in 1987. After finishing college Mark worked for Moog, Inc. as a commercial and defense related aerospace project manager.

While playing softball he found out about Florida-based electronics firm Jabil and joined the company in 1992 as a manufacturing supervisor. At that time the company was a fledgling circuit board manufacturer. Mark was promoted to project manager the following year. He was appointed vice president, business development in 1997.

Mark earned another promotion becoming senior vice president, business development in 1999. He became the chief operation officer in 2002, responsible for the company’s global operations, business development, new product development, supply chain and information technology.

He became the president and CEO of Jabil at the age of 48, on March 1, 2013.  Mark is expected to continue the firm’s attempts to diversify its product mix away from its core electronics business into areas such as life science, health care and pet products.

Jabil has more than 90 plants in 33 countries with revenue of $18.3 billion in 2013.