Mark is VP Technology at THQ. He is also the creator of the Game Programming Gems series of books. As a passionate proponent for making videogame development simpler and less expensive, Mark has worked in technology leadership positions at Google, Sony, Nintendo and Ubisoft, as well as editor-in-chief of Game Developer magazine.

Mark currently sits on the boards of directors of Mixamo and game charity OneBigGame. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Washington.

Mark maintains a blog, enjoys LinkedIn, spends way too much time on Facebook, and tweets game technology news.