Mark Cummings is a technologist in Silicon Valley who has a longstanding interest in how information technology can help build a healthier world. Mark has a PhD from Tohoku Imperial University, Japan, where his dissertation was “The Effects of Information Technology on Society.” He also holds an MBA from Wharton in Communications Management and a BA in Broadcasting from San Francisco State University. He has been lucky enough to be an innovator in most stages of the information revolution — both the successes and the failures. His goal for the next ten years is to help the next generation navigate through these challenging times, avoid past mistakes and achieve the full promise of our rapidly evolving technology/business/social landscape.