A graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio, Mark Darland has worked as a software engineer and technology administrator for nearly 20 years. Over the course of his career, Mark Darland has worked with leading technology services companies such as Accenture.

1. ACCENTURE SKILLS TO
SUCCEED PROJECT
STRIVES TO REACH 3
MILLION BY 2020
By Mark Darland

2. Introduction
 A graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio,
Mark Darland has worked as a software engineer and
technology administrator for nearly 20 years. Over the
course of his career, Mark Darland has worked with
leading technology services companies such as
Accenture.
As one of the leading management consulting and
technology services companies with a presence in
more than 120 countries, Accenture has maintained a
strong commitment to corporate stewardship on a
global scale. To that end, Accenture launched the
Skills to Succeed initiative in 2009 to provide
entrepreneurial skills to more than 3 million people by
2020.

3. Accenture Skills
 Since its inception, Accenture has invested
more than $150 million in various Skills to
Succeed programs, and is projected to reach
more than 700,000 individuals by 2015.
Notable highlights include a partnership with
Plan International to develop technology
training programs for more than 7,100 youth in
Thailand and Indonesia, as well as a
partnership with Save the Children to reach
more than 7,000 at-risk youth in Egypt,
Indonesia, and the Philippines.