Mark Cummings is a technologist with a special interest in how technology affects society. He has been lucky enough to be involved in each of the steps of the information revolution of the last 50 years. Cummings uses that experience to help understand the forces at work today and how we might make decisions that produce a healthier world. He completed a PhD in Information Systems from Tohoku National University in Japan, an MBA in Communications Management from Wharton and a BA from San Francisco State University. Cummings has built many semiconductor, device, software and large-scale communications and computing systems and is a successful entrepreneur. He has played key roles in many international technical standards and community service organizations. Cummings has published extensively on technology and policy.