Mark van Koningsveld holds an MSc (1998) and a PhD degree (2003) in civil engineering from the University of Twente. After his PhD work, which was carried out at WL|Delft Hydraulics, later Deltares, he continued to work there until 2008.

In 2008 he switched jobs to work for Van Oord. During his time at Van Oord, Van Koningsveld has been active in the fields of environmental engineering and data science both with a strong focus on innovation.

He has been part of the Management Team of the EcoShape foundation, which runs the Building with Nature innovation programme, and currently still is secretary of the Topsector Water & Maritiem on behalf of the business node of the Dutch Diamond (government, research institutes, NGO’s and businesses).

In 2015 Van Koningsveld was appointed as Manager R&D Engineering and selected to join a corporate taskforce structuring Van Oord's research and development activities.

In March 2018, he was appointed as professor Ports and Waterways at Delft University of Technology for 0.4 fte. The remaining 0.6 fte he remains employed at Van Oord as Innovation Manager.