Speaker

Mark has been a technology visionary and serial entrepreneur for 30 years. He has been a Founder in eight different start-up to growth-stage enterprises. His career focus has been enterprises that bring regenerative or healing services / products to great scale.

As CEO of LifeGuides, he leads the design of the company’s technology strategy, AI, services and talent expansion. 

LifeGuides is the category-defining enterprise in Peer & Professional Mentoring, which extends into applications like Non-Clinical Mental Health for the masses, and to power SHRM's early career manager certification - for which LifeGuides does the professional mentoring and training.

In 2017, Mark globally trade marked the term "Intelligence Assistance" (“IA”), which is the use of AI to augment (not replace) humans. Fundamentally, AI has the power to enhance empathy, trust and wisdom-sharing between two humans. Mark is passionate about  harnessing the healing power of technology for greater mental, emotional and social health.

At Babson College, Mark was Entrepreneur-in-Residence, as well as a Senior Fellow in Social Innovation, for over 5 years. He also served on Babson’s Board for 9 years. Since 1989, Mark has been a pioneer in Conscious Capitalism, impact investing, Cleantech and “triple-bottom-line” enterprise.