Mark Rupnik

Mark Rupnik is Senior Vice President, Business Development North America for BPL Global. In this position, Rupnik is responsible for sales of the company’s portfolio at strategic accounts and development of Smart Grid sales opportunities.

With close to 25 years experience with Duquesne Light Holdings, Mr. Rupnik is an electric utility veteran with extensive utility knowledge and expertise. Rupnik served most recently as vice president of DQE Communications, a subsidiary of Duquesne Light Holdings. DQE Communications owns and operates a high-speed fiber optic network serving Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas of southwestern Pennsylvania. Rupnik also served as president of Duquesne Broadband, a joint venture between DQE Communications and BPL Global, offering high-speed wireless Internet access to customers through the use of existing utility power lines.

During his career at Duquesne Light, he also served from 2004 to 2007 as General Manager of Duquesne Energy Solutions, an energy company subsidiary of Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc. that specializes in the development and operation of “inside the fence” energy facilities as well as the operation of synthetic fuel production facilities. From 2001 to 2004 he held the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing for DQE Communications. In this position, he had overall responsibility for the Sales and Marketing functions to provide leased fiber optic capacity for applications to high profile commercial, industrial, and academia customers. From 1983 to 2000 Rupnik held various other management and sales positions within Duquesne Light.

Rupnik is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.