My name is Mark Davis and I am an entrepreneur, computer scientist, and author. I split my time between Las Cruces, New Mexico; Sedona, Arizona; and Sili Valley (AKA Silicon Valley, but I like calling it Sili). My background ranges from an unusual upbringing in New Mexico, to teaching in the US Peace Corps, to running a performance art group, to working for Microsoft and XeroX PARC, and, recently, to startups in computational linguistics, big data analytics, and machine learning. I've got a graduate degree in the latter. I retired in 2015 from a role as a CTO and Distinguished Engineer at Dell Software Group following the sale of my startup company, Kitenga, one of the first big data analytics companies. I just resurrected a cognitive computing and deep learning startup focused on immersive entertainment and intelligent assistants. More details to come!I am the author of a couple dozen scientific papers on a range of topics in machine learning, natural language processing, and search (though I haven't written one in a decade now), a bunch of patents, and four novels. My first novel, Teleology, explored the impact of a technological singularity on the lives of twins.

My second novel, Signals and Noise, tracks the life of a teenage hacker as he tries to unravel what is real and what is imaginary after discovering strange mind-controlling signals in the internet. Against Superheroes is a deep-dive into the experience of becoming and living as a superhero. It's not always pretty. ¡Reconquista!, a farce of contemporary politics and society, launched in September of 2019. I am currently working on a number of projects, including a new post-apocalyptic and post-cyberpunk series named Quintessence of Rust. I also am working on a multimedia and multi-format project called Tusker Long.