Mark Heyer

Current

• President at Luna Azul SA

Past

• President at HeyerTech, Inc.
• Senior Director, Customer Communication at Softnet Systems, Inc.
• Co-Founder/CEO at Silicon Valley World Internet Center

• National Market Development Manager, Interactive Products at Sony Corp.

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Education

• Art Center College of Design
• University of the Pacific

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Industry

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Websites

• My Company

Mark Heyer’s Summary

Leadership positions with information companies dedicated to exceptional customer focus whose mission includes creating information value for its customers.

With a strong leadership record in information technology and a dedication to customer service, Mr. Heyer brings a unique vision of both technology advancement and customer focus. His operating principle is to “Evaluate everything we do as a business from the point of view of the customer - then use people and technology to make it better.”

Mark Heyer’s Specialties:

Special skills include information architecture, database development, writing, presentation and engineering

Mark Heyer’s Experience

• President

  Luna Azul SA

  (Environmental Services industry)

  March 2008 — Present (8 months)

  Luna Azul SA is a registered Panamanian corporation dedicated to providing outstanding environmental services to its owners and their friends and to the pioneering of low-tech environmental systems and methods to benefit emerging economies.

• President

  HeyerTech, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  June 1984 — March 2008 (23 years 10 months)

  HeyerTech, Inc. is a technology and market development firm specialized in the architecture and development of leading edge interactive information technologies. HeyerTech has worked with many companies providing visionary product and market development, including:
  • Apple Computer
  • McDonnell Douglas
  • Masters Edge, Inc.
  • State of Alaska Department of Transportation
  • Fuld Institute for Technology in Nursing Education
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Others including ETS, EDS, IBM, Lawrence Berkeley Labs, Stanford University and more.

• Senior Director, Customer Communication

  Softnet Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; sofn; Telecommunications industry)

  July 1998 — January 2002 (3 years 7 months)

  As a cross-functional member of the senior management team reporting to the CEO, Mr. Heyer was involved in all aspects of the fast–growing business, from managing technical development projects to marketing and sales to representing the company in political action. As Director, Communities and E-commerce, implemented the strategic relationships for e-commerce operations. As Director, Customer Communication, developed and implemented business processes, represented the company to the press, appeared as company spokesman in television commercials and acted as the customer advocate.
  
  In just two years, ISP Channel grew from startup to a national broadband ISP with 350 employees serving over 130,000 customers in 50 markets. Every customer had Mr. Heyer’s personal email address.

• Co-Founder/CEO

  Silicon Valley World Internet Center

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  August 1996 — December 1998 (2 years 5 months)

  Established in the historic Stanford Barn, the Center served as an international think tank, collaboration laboratory and showcase for Internet innovations, drawing participants from over 700 foreign hi tech companies to meet and exchange ideas, business plans and recriuting with Silicon Valley companies. Executive Sponsorship was received from Deutche Telekom Sun, Cisco, HP, IBM, Fujitsu, SAP, Cable & Wireless and others.

• National Market Development Manager, Interactive Products

  Sony Corp.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1980 — December 1984 (5 years)

  One of three people responsible for establishing markets and partnerships for then-new computer-controlled optical videodisc technology. Mr. Heyer led projects including the Army EIDS Electronic Information Delivery System and the Bell Labs/Disney EPCOT World Key Network, the innovative fiber-based two-way video/data information system still operating in the park. In addition, Mr. Heyer conducted national lecture tours on behalf of Sony to promote the use of interactive technology in training, education and industry, taught courses and wrote articles on the subject,

Mark Heyer’s Education

• Art Center College of Design

  Visual Communication 1968 — 1970

  Eclectic educational background includes life study of engineering, physics and cognitive psychology. Teaching positions have included Lehigh University Graduate School of Education, UCSF Multimedia Studies Program and lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Engineering.

• University of the Pacific

  Liberal Arts 1965 — 1967

Additional Information

Mark Heyer’s Websites:

• My Company

Mark Heyer’s Groups:

Rotary Club of Palo Alto, Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce

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Mark Heyer’s Contact Settings

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