Mark Butje has over 20 years of experience working in the IT and Telecommunications industry in various areas: from software and database design to training, product marketing and marketing management and from marketing strategy development to day-to-day implementation. Born in the Netherlands, Mark currently lives in Venice, California, and is an independent entrepreneur and marketing consultant. Previous to his move to the Los Angeles area, he was senior advisor and marketing director with Brodeur Marketing Europe, a highly successful consultancy firm specializing in strategic marketing for companies in the ICT sector. Before joining Brodeur Marketing in June 2001 as, Mark was Vice President of Marketing at RING!, a software company creating Voice processing software for Telecom companies and call centers. Mark introduced Telecom services for Castel (now called Essent Kabelcom), one of the largest cable companies in the Netherlands. From 1986 to 1995 Mark was product marketing manager for Wang (3 years) and Apple (6 years). Mark started his career in 1981 as software architect and trainer with his own company I.A.P.