About

Mark Proffitt - Self Portrait wearing Jhan Barnes suit.I want to make the world a better place. The purpose of this site is to share knowledge I’ve gained which, I believe, is crucial to the lasting development of human existence. My goal is to teach people how to bridge the gap between scarcity and the abundance that is now possible.

From leading an unusually exciting and varied life I’ve come into contact with people and information that is rare for an individual. One of the things I’ve learned is a comprehensive method for predicting future innovation. The technique was developed by a pair of former Ukrainian scientists and I am the only Westerner fortunate enough to know the entire method.

Having the ability to predict future innovations will become increasingly important as the pace of global change increases. During the last 20 years the world passed a point in development of technology that has sent the exponential growth of knowledge sky rocketing. For people who are unprepared to handle this change things will get increasingly difficult. I hope to ease the difficulty by spreading the knowledge I have.

Bio

Silicon Valley veteran with 20 years experience creating new technologies and technology companies including working with Microsoft, Apple, Hewlett Packard, & Nintendo. Started my first business at age 12, mowing lawns & shoveling snow. Used the profits to buy a personal computer & teach myself to program computers. Escaped public schools and started college at age 14. By age 16 was programming professionally with a start up that developed the first statistical quality control software used by General Motors. Completed degrees in business & computer science while working in the software industry. In 1992 left work on a PhD at University of Michigan to work at Apple Computer in Silicon Valley and lay the foundations for what we now consider the web. While in Silicon Valley helped many companies create & bring many new products to market. Formed consulting firm Solvtech, Inc. in 1996. Throughout all of that producing concerts, wrote music and worked on small films & theater. In 1999 teamed with open source developer & creator of BitTornado, “The Shad0w”, to develop new business models & technology that is driving the current changes in worldwide media distribution.

Notable Accomplishments

  • Apple’s VITAL Software Development Methodology forming the basis for several Rapid Application Development methods including Agile
  • Integrated the first use of world wide web technology at Hewlett Packard in 1994
  • Designed and led team to develop QuadraMed’s ClaimStar for Windows, which contributed to the companies stock increasing 500% in 3 years.
  • Designed & developed the Virtual Reality Engine used by Spectrum Holo Byte on games like Top Gun & Falcon 4
  • Authored the general business certification exam for the online testing company BrainBench.com
  • Produced How-to-Do Girls: Bikini Calculus DVD and Top 100 Most Popular Viral Video of All Time according to iFilm.com