Oracle veteran Atherton joins ACI Worldwide
Mark Atherton, formerly group vice president for Oracle’s financial services business unit, has joined software firm ACI Worldwide as its new executive vice president and chief value officer.
Atherton spent 14 years and six months at Oracle over two stints at the firm, the first from 1997-1999 and the second from June 2008 to December 2019.
He started his career as a legislative intern at the US House of Representatives in January 1988 and spent five years at Boeing as a director for aircraft contracts between 1990 and 1995. Atherton also worked as vice president of global and enterprise accounts at BEA Systems from 2001 to 2008.
At ACI Worldwide, Atherton will be responsible for the firms’ on-premise business.