Eric Marks

Eric Marks is president and CEO of AgilePath Corporation (www.agile-path.com), a leading web services consulting firm based in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He is a software and technology veteran with 21 years of experience at organizations, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cambridge Technology Partners, Novell, Electronic Data Systems, StreamServe, Ontos, and Square D/Schneider Electric.

Mr. Marks has written, edited, and contributed to a number of books. He is the author of three industry-recognized books about service-oriented architecture (SOA). Mr. Marks also wrote Business Darwinism – Evolve or Dissolve (2002). In addition, he edited and contributed to Manufacturing Leadership through the Extended Enterprise (2000). He is also contributing to the forthcoming books Coherency Management: Architecting the Enterprise for Alignment, Agility, and Assurance and Executives Guide to Cloud Computing.

Mr. Marks holds degrees from Syracuse University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is an adjunct professor at the iSchool and a visiting scientist at Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute. He serves on several boards, including the National Board of Advisors for the Kauffman Campuses Initiative (Enitiative) and the Advisory Board for Northeastern University’s School of Information Services. Mr. Marks has been a member of the iSchool Board since November 2007.