Mark Lerner is an engineer, strategist, and design advocate with expertise in digital transformation. He focuses on empowering teams and improving critical services through technology and design.
He most recently served as the Deputy Executive Director of the U.S. Digital Service team at the Department of Homeland Security, where he led and empowered a team of 30 engineers, product managers, and designers to improve critical services serving immigrants, asylum seekers, disaster survivors, and schools nationwide. He was a member of the U.S. Digital Service for four years, and spent much of that time driving a mix of delivery and building organizational capacity. As part of his work at USDS, he built internal onboarding procedures, developed frameworks for managing political capital, and ensured a smooth transition between political administrations. Additionally, he managed and evaluated the technical competencies of over 100 companies in a $1.5B procurement.
 
Prior to working at USDS, Mark was a software engineer at Google, largely working on the Google for Nonprofits program. Mark expanded the Google for Nonprofits program to 30 additional countries outside of the U.S., enabling nonprofits across the world to access modern tools and advertising capital for free. While at Google, Mark also provided pro bono consulting for the City of San Francisco to improve their affordable housing programs through technology and design, leading to the creation of housing.sfgov.org, an award-winning affordable housing service.