Mark Llano is a native Floridian and grew up in Tampa, Florida. His family migrated from Cuba many years ago and opened the historic Salgado grocery store in Key West. Mark spent a majority of his career as an investment banker on Wall Street, with an extensive background in business development for both personal and corporate entities. Having served 5 years in the United States Marine Corps, Mr. Llano was called up for active duty during Desert Storm and was nominated (1% selection rate) to train FBI agents and elite military special operations units in hand-to-hand combat.After returning from active duty, Mr. Llano completed his undergraduate education while working with the Sherwin Williams Company.Upon graduation, Mr. Llano was quickly promoted to flagship Commercial Branch Manager at Sherwin Williams, and earned President’s Club accolades by reversing the performance of a failed branch. Looking to enhance his career, Mr. Llano left Sherwin Williams and joined investment bank, Barber and Bronson, Inc. where he opened a Hilton Head branch, enjoyed 3 years of multimillion dollar sales, was promoted to partner and developed personal clients such as the CEO of Estee Lauder, the CEO of Cardinal Health, the CEO of Scott Paper Products, and two Presidents of UPS. After four years with Barber and Bronson, Mr. Llano was recruited by Sterling Financial Investment Group, a minority owned business, to become a partner and founding officer.

Mr. Llano helped grow the company from 3 employees to 640 employees, 50 domestic offices, and 7 international offices.In 2003 Mr. Llano founded Source One Distributors, Inc. for the purpose of providing mission critical equipment, product sourcing, acquisition solutions, contracting expertise and a wide range of support services to the defense industry.Over the past ten years, Source One has grown to 30 employees, over $250 million in sales and has won numerous local, state, and national awards by setting standards for service, innovation, and entrepreneurial excellence including the 2009 Ventrepreneur of the Year award and the 2011 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award (Florida/ Distribution). The company is certified by the SBA as an SDB, Minority and Veteran owned/operated small business (SDB/MBE/VOSB/NMSDC).In 2012, Mr. Llano started Serket Racing, a Porsche racing team that competes with the goal of raising awareness and assistance for those who have honorably served and sacrificed for our country: military veterans and their families. Mr. Llano is highly aware of the obstacles that veterans face upon their return home and works closely with numerous local, state, and national charities to develop and implement innovative programs to assist these veterans and their families in their time of need.