Mark Adkins, Ph.D., is a trusted advisor at DHX Software and one of the founders of collaborative engineering, a discipline focused on designing repeatable, scalable collaboration for complex decision environments. With decades of experience supporting Fortune 100 companies, defense agencies, and critical infrastructure operators, Mark specializes in aligning field-level operational reality with executive and financial decision-making through structured collaboration and operational analytics. Delivering field-to-finance clarity when risk is high and delays are expensive.