Mark is active in the Mobile Tech Scene as a Nomadic Researcher and Co-Founder of Mobile Monday in Austria. Mark served in the US Air Force as a Surgical Technician and Medic during the first Gulf War and continued to work in medicine for a total of 12 years until he moved to Austria. In 2003 Mark joined The Center for Advanced Studies and Research in Information and Communication Technologies & Society (ICT&S Center) as a Research Fellow at the University of Salzburg. At the ICT&S Center Mark was active in Mobile Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Community conducting his doctoral research within the general field of mobile-learning, concentrating on applying mobile technologies to enhance personal and cooperative learning communities.