This is my personal website / blog started in 1990. Originally it was an annotated list of bookmarks, and a few pages which were answers to frequently asked questions in the Usenet newsgroups I was an active participant. Most of the content was created for my own use. Either to force myself to think through issues, or a place for me to write down things I want to remember. If it’s useful to you, that’s doubly good.

So who am I? I am a husband, father, son, and brother to my family. I am a person of faith who strives to embrace love and truth which grows best in community. I try to live with integrity and be a peacemaker. I spent my career in high-tech (mostly start-ups) near the bleeding edge of distributed / high performance computing. For a bit more about my work, you can look at my linkedin profile or read my retired post. While I have “retired”, I am not completely “out of the game”, I have been coaching, mentoring and advising. I am energized by helping people and organizations effectively apply technology to find real world solutions.

I think society can be best judged by how it treats those with the least power. I want to make a difference, and leave the world in better shape than how I found it. As a systems thinker I believe that the world is complex with many inter-connections: small changes can often make an outsized impact. I love how simplicity and beauty have a positive impact on design and life.

I strive to live a healthy and fit lifestyle which includes spending as much time as I can outdoors: bicycling, running, hiking, and backpacking. I am driven by my curiosity and love learning. I enjoy traveling, reading, photography, and am a bit of an audiophile.

I have been leading groups, within my local church, non profits, and in my workplace since since I was a teenager. My leadership style was strongly influence by Greenleaf’s model of servant leadership. I empower not micro-manage, persuade rather than dictate. I focus on equipping people. I believe people are most effective when they are driven by intrinsically motivate as described in Dan Pink’s book Drive.

If you have questions, comments, etc please drop me a note. My email is “mark” at this site’s domain name.