Mark is a senior education leader for Microsoft Worldwide based in Washington State, USA. He joined the organization in 2014 after 26 years as an award winning school leader with extensive international experience. He is interested in the role technology can play in humanizing the learning experience and how young people are best prepared to make a life and be happy. His projects include leading online communities of practice, research studies that examine leadership and identity. Mark leads Thought Leadership research at Microsoft notably, The Class of 2030 and Life-ready Learning and Emotion and Cognition in the Age of AI. He received an B.Ed. and M.Ed.