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Mark Townsend is responsible for all product development activities at SkillSoft. He has over 20 years of experience leading the development of computer software products.
Prior to joining SkillSoft, Townsend was vice president of advanced technology for NETg.
Before joining NETg, Townsend was vice president of engineering for Sytron Corp., where, from 1994 to 1996, he led the development of network-based storage management products for PCs and client/server computing systems. From 1979 to 1994, Townsend held several software development management positions at Data General Corp., the most recent being senior manager of open network systems development.
While at Data General, Townsend led development of products used to connect and manage computers across local and wide area networks. Before joining Data General, Townsend was a software engineer for Leeds and Northrup Company where he designed and implemented communications software, operator display subsystem software and hot backup/fail-over capabilities for real-time operating systems from 1976 to 1979.
Townsend has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Bucknell University and an master's degree in computer science from Stevens Institute of Technology.
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