▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁Mark ▁D . ▁Pap erm aster ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Gal vest on , ▁Texas . ▁ ▁Ear ning ▁his ▁b ach elor ▁of ▁science ▁degree ▁( B . S .) ▁in ▁elect rical ▁engineering ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Texas ▁in ▁Austin , ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁he ▁began ▁working ▁at ▁IBM ▁in ▁Verm ont . ▁He ▁earned ▁his ▁master ▁of ▁science ▁degree ▁( M . S .) ▁in ▁elect rical ▁engineering ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Verm ont ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Career ▁at ▁IBM ▁( 1 9 8 2 - 2 0 0 8 ) ▁After ▁beginning ▁his ▁ 2 6 - year ▁ten ure ▁at ▁IBM ▁in ▁Verm ont ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁Pap erm aster ▁moved ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁the ▁company ▁in ▁Texas . ▁He ▁initially ▁started ▁design ing ▁circ uits ▁in ▁the ▁Micro elect ron ics ▁Division , ▁and ▁afterwards ▁“ had ▁technical ▁and ▁management ▁assign ments ▁in ▁quality , ▁C AD ▁tool ▁applications , ▁and ▁micro process ors .” ▁Prom oted ▁to ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁IBM ' s ▁Micro processor ▁Technology ▁Development ▁unit , ▁he ▁was ▁then ▁given ▁o vers ight ▁for ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁micro processor ▁and ▁server ▁techn ologies ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁During ▁those ▁fifteen ▁years ▁he ▁worked ▁closely ▁with ▁IBM ' s ▁Power PC ▁architecture ▁and