Mark's CV is somewhat random. After taking sciences and computer
science at school he studied for a degree in experimental psychology.
His industrial year placement introduced him to Lisp Machines, rapid
prototyping and multi-user environments.
On graduation he moved to France to set up the French branch of OAC International, but continued to fiddle with computer technology. He set up Cyberporte, a French company, in 2001. The company ran a Linux-powered cybercafé for several years. During that time Mark reheated his network programming skills and used them to solve security issues for the Church of Fools project that ultimately became St Pixels. He wrote a booklet based on the community's experiences, as well as a dissertation that formed part of his Masters' degree in applied theology.
Mark has retained his Symbolics-inspired interest in functional programming and code generation, and the Xcruciate project provided the perfect excuse to pursue both. He also writes perl scripts for a wide range of tasks. Xcathedra is his third stab at writing a Content Management System.
