Mark is a Managing Director with Coronis Medical Ventures, a business accelerator and seed fund focused on medical devices. He is a former Board Member of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and serves as past Chairman and a member of the Executive Committee for the Corporate Venture Group and currently is a member of the Medical Industry Group. Formerly Managing Director of Eastman Ventures, Eastman Chemical Company's corporate venture capital arm, Mark started up and led the company's efforts to invest in and partner with private companies, providing early access to emerging technology and growth options to Eastman. He and his team forged relationships and co-investments with premier venture capitalists and corporations. Eastman invested with a top-quartile IRR track record in 25 ventures and 5 venture funds in areas spanning Information Technology, Life Sciences, Advanced Materials and Clean Technology.

Mark has extensive operating experience in international business management, sales and marketing. Previous assignments included: Assistant to Eastman's CEO and Chairman; Regional Business Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa and several Marketing and Sales executive positions.

Mark earned a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech and an MBA in Management from Roosevelt University.

As a consultant, he has worked with leading consulting firms including McKinsey & Co., Accenture, and Computer Sciences Corporation to help large organizations integrate emerging technologies with new and existing business strategies. His recent clients include Kraft Foods, Target, AT&T and Philips.

He is the author of two best-selling books, Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance (1998) and The Strategy Machine: Building Your Business One Idea at a Time (2002). Killer App has now sold nearly 200,000 copies and was recently named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the five most important books ever written on the Internet and business, and was selected by Soundview Executive Book Summaries as one of the ten best books on marketing of all time. He has written for a variety of publications including the Harvard Business Review, CIO, and USA Today, and is a columnist for CIO Insight, where he writes on issues of technology and law.

From 2003-2007, Larry was Adjunct Professor of Law and Business Strategy at the University of California-Berkeley Haas School of Business and the School of Information. He previously held academic appointments at Northwestern University School of Law and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is currently a nonresident Fellow at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society.

He received his B.A. in 1980 from Northwestern University and his J.D. Magna Cum Laude from the University of Chicago in 1993. He has practiced law in Silicon Valley and is a member of the State Bar of California. From 1993-1994, he served as law clerk to the Hon. Richard A. Posner, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Previous to her consulting work, Patty held VP Marketing positions with Silicon Valley software and networking companies for more than fifteen years, leading product marketing, sales/channel and business development strategy development; corporate positioning, messaging and branding; and outbound marketing programs including public relations, advertising, web marketing, channel development, lead generation, sales training and promotions.

As the first VP Marketing at start-up Ramp Networks in 1996, she was responsible for its marketing and sales strategies, creating the small business Internet router category and positioning Ramp as the leading player. A member of the executive management team, she drove positioning strategy for Ramp’s 1999 Initial Public Offering (IPO); (Ramp was acquired by Nokia in 2001). Previously, Burke was VP Marketing for Madge Networks, a UK-based network equipment company, repositioning the company for its 1993 NASDAQ IPO and managing a marketing team of 50 worldwide. Prior to that Patty was VP Marketing at security software leader Symantec, managing all aspects of corporate, product, channel and promotional marketing. With Symantec, her first position was Director of Product Marketing for the Peter Norton Product Group, where she led product marketing for the PC and Mac utilities, driving 5X growth in anti-virus product revenue. .

In the late ‘80s, Patty was Partner-in-Charge of the Networking and Telecommunications Practice at the technology marketing consulting firm, Regis McKenna Inc. (RMI), managing programs for clients including PacBell, Motorola Cellular, ROLM, Novell, 3Com and numerous start-ups. In her early career, Patty held positions in non-profit, consumer and sports marketing working with organizations such as Chrysler Corporation, Miller Brewing Company, Radisson Hotels, the Easter Seal Society and the Texas Rangers Baseball Club.

Patty is a frequent industry speaker on topics ranging from corporate positioning to product planning and launch. She is a Technology Partner with the leading early stage venture capital firm El Dorado Ventures, and consults with its portfolio companies. Patty also serves on the advisory board of several privately-held companies.

Patty holds a B.A. degree from the University of Texas at Austin.