Mark Rothman

Until its sale in April of 2002, Mark Rothman owned and operated The MYTA Corporation, one of the largest IT Staffing firms in the Washington, DC area. After graduating with an engineering degree from The Ohio State University in 1984, Mark moved to Washington, DC to pursue the area’s many technology opportunities. Over the next eight years, Mark worked as a software engineer for IBM and as a software contractor for MCI. While at IBM, he helped design and implement system upgrades for the FAA’s air traffic control system. At MCI, Mark worked on several projects pertaining to the companies growing network management system. 

While a contractor at MCI, Mark saw the need for qualified IT specialists in the DC region and decided to start his own consulting company. In 1992, using the second bedroom of his condo as an office, Mark landed his first contract, a three-month assignment at Fannie Mae. Over the next 10 years, MYTA assisted some of the region’s largest companies including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Verizon, The World Bank, Lockheed Martin, Cable & Wireless, AT&T, and The Discovery Channel. At sale, MYTA’s revenues were over $25 million with a growth rate averaging more than 100 percent per year. Ranked as one of the region’s top 10 IT staffing firms by the Washington Business Journal and included in the 1998 Inc. 500, MYTA hit the 100-contractor mark in 1998 and the 200 contractor mark in 2000. In 1998, Mark was named a Maryland Small Business All Star and in 2000, was named Washington DC’s Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young. In 2014, Mark started MYTA Technologies and is currently running that company. Similar to The MYTA Corporation, MYTA Technologies is also an IT Staffing firm with current revenues approaching $7 Million annually. This second iteration of MYTA was also recognized as one of the Inc 5000 fastest growing private companies for 2018, 2019, and 2020. 

In addition to his work at MYTA, Mark is an active member of the area business community serving on the boards of both private companies and non-profit organizations. Over the years, his work as included supporting The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, The DC Chamber of Commerce, Friends of the National Zoo, and many others. Mark is an avid sports fan and was a partner in one of the groups that competed for ownership of the team that became our Washington Nationals. He even braved a one-on-one encounter with Michael Jordan while playing ball at the NBA star’s “Flight School” in Las Vegas. Refusing to boast, however, Mark has not divulged the game’s winner. 

Mark is a single father of twin girls – Melissa and Nicole. They, along with their dog Bailey, live in Bethesda, MD.