Todd Marks is the CEO and President of Mindgrub Technologies (www.mindgrub.com), a mobile, social and web applications consultancy; and of viaPlace (www.viaplace.com), a product company which has developed a white-label Location Based Services (LBS) and Augmented Reality (AR) framework for mobile applications.
Marks is an information architect, user experience specialist, and computer scientist, focusing on the design and development of cutting edge information systems. He founded Mindgrub in 2002 to specialize in the creation of web applications that enable instant information travel and has developed enterprise systems for a wide range of clients from government to private industry and educational institutions.
Marks has been featured in several technical journals and newscasts such as the Baltimore Business Journal, The Baltimore Sun, Newsweek and CNN. He speaks regularly at conferences such as NAB, SALT, SxSW, TEDx and the Government Video show, and has won numerous awards for his efforts, including several marketing and Addy awards and 1st Places at Tech Crawl East and DCI's Portal Excellence Awards Competition.
Marks has written and contributed to a number of books including Flash Magic, New Masters of Flash and Web Design in a Nutshell. He teaches Instructional Technology at the University of Maryland (UMBC), and is a Board Member of the Greater Baltimore Technology Council (GBTC).
