Mark Leiter

Mark Edward Leiter (born April 13, 1963) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1990-1999, 2001. Leiter grew up in Toms River, New Jersey.

Career

Mark played for the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, California Angels and Seattle Mariners, all of the American League. He also played for the San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers, all of the National League.

As a member of the Giants, he won the 1994 Willie Mac Award honoring his spirit and leadership.

1990 Named "Best Control Pitcher" in the International League.

Named to 1991 Topps All Star Rookie Team

1994 Lead the American League in Inherited Runs Stranded.

Mark's brother, Al Leiter, was a successful major league pitcher.

Mark can also be seen on the internet, guest-appearing in several episodes of TheBackstopDOTnet's YouTube page, a business aimed towards sports cards and memorabilia.

Mark currently runs a pitching academy in Forked River, NJ that offers pitching lessons, coaching and instruction www.leiteradvantage.net

Mark Leiter (businessman)

Mark Leiter is Chief Strategy Officer at Nielsen and Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Demand Institute. Prior to his current role, he served as Nielsen's Global President of Practices and Consulting Services while concurrently serving as Chief Executive Officer of The Cambridge Group, a Nielsen division specializing in growth strategy consulting. Earlier in his career, he was with McKinsey & Company where he was a founder of McKinsey's business-to-business marketing and branding practices, and author of several McKinsey Quarterly articles. In addition to serving as chairman of The Demand Institute, he is a member of The Global Counsellors and the Global Advisory Board of The Conference Board and serves on a Board of Overseers for Bard College. He serves as a Partner of Pereg Ventures, a venture capital firm based in NYC.

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