Mark Thum
Vice President of Sales
Mark Thum is Vice President of Sales at Tri Tool Technologies, where he leads the company's go-to-market strategy and customer-facing sales organization. As a member of the SeniorLeadershipTeam, he is responsible for delivering productivity solutions to the market and driving stable sales growth across direct and distributor channels.
Mark joined Tri Tool in October 2025 and brings 35 years of manufacturing industry experience to the role. Earlier in his career, he turned a loss-making drill sharpening operation into the most profitable site in a 10-plant network, and led the development of a dedicated tooling line built for micro machining at the very onset of that emerging segment.
Before Tri Tool, Mark held Director and Vice President level roles at Kyocera, Walter/Sandvik, and MAPAL - three of the most respected names in precision cutting tools. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Manufacturing Engineering from Oregon State University.
Mark approaches both manufacturing and life as a marathon, believing steady incremental improvements win the day and that the journey itself is the reward.