mgibbs@gibbs.com

For over twenty-five years, Mark Gibbs has created and built businesses as well as providing consulting services, lecturing, and authoring numerous columns, articles, and books about the IT industry.

As a contributing editor for Network World magazine, a leading enterprise IT journal, Gibbs pens (well, keyboards) the popular weekly BackSpin and Gearhead columns as well as the Network World Web Applications Alert Newsletter (see the gibbs.com home page for links).

Gibbs is the author of the best selling titles "The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Networking" (Sams Publishing, Second Edition 1995), and "Navigating the Internet" (Sams Publishing, 1993 and Deluxe Edition, 1994 and 1995) as well as co-author of “Networking Personal Computers” (Que, Fourth Edition, 1989).

In conjunction with Network World, Gibbs presented numerous seminars in cities nationwide on the theory and practical business use of Information Technology. Seminar topics have included NetWare, e-commerce, spam, security, and Web technology.

As a consultant Gibbs has advised on the development of products and the design and implementation of product marketing and communications strategies for a diverse range of clients including IDG, Folio Corporation, Global One, Hitachi Computer Products, Acxiom Corporation, American Standard, GAF Chemicals, and Security Dynamics.

Gibbs conceived of and was a co-founder of Netratings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTRT), a leading Internet and digital media measurement and analysis company now wholly owned by The Nielsen Company.

As a presenter and keynote speaker, Gibbs has appeared at major conferences including Internet Commerce Expo, Managing Enterprise Networks, Communication Managers Association, International Computer Security Association, and HighTech Direct.

Gibbs was co-founder of the UK operation of Novell Inc., where he was responsible for the management of all technical services. He also worked for Novell's Strategic Marketing Group and Novell International and was with Novell for five years.

Partial Client List

Acxiom Corporation - American Standard - BMC Software- Chatcom System
Dallas Semiconductor - EMC Insurance Companies - First Consulting Group
Fisher International - Folio Corporation - GAF Chemicals - Gill Gordon Associates
Global One - Hitachi Computer Products - International Data Group
International Business Machines - Oracle - APC
International Computer Security Association - Netratings Inc. - Network World, Inc.
Objectivity Inc. - Patricia Seybold Group - PC World - Price Waterhouse
Security Dynamics - Sun Microsystems - The Trane Company

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