Mark Ruthenberg, General Manager
Mr. Ruthenberg graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario in 1980. He has been consulting in the computer industry since 1983, originally as part of his Chartered Accounting practice, and speaking across Canada on Scientific Research Tax Credits (SRTCs), through Foundation Seminars. He built a successful computer training company, wrote and published 300 computer books, and co-founded a software training CD-ROM company which he took public, before tackling the Internet.
His love of travel, combined with his understanding of technology and the internet, took him in a new direction.
In 1995, Mark began and funded one of the first community portal sites in Canada, the now-defunct UWannaWhat. He has since designed, developed and managed web sites for over a hundred clients, and in 1999 launched the FoundLocally.com website (which has grown from one city to 30 communities since launch) followed up with the popular TransCanadaHighway.com travel site and the MovingInCanada.com real estate & relocation website. He is a popular professional speaker on Internet, Web Marketing for Success , What is Web 2.0? and Using Social Media topics.
He was a founding director of the Digital Alberta (formerly the Alberta New Media Association or "ANMA"), and has served as the President of the Calgary chapter for three years, as Director for eight years, and Director of the provincial association for three years.
He has been both a judge and a presenter at the Canadian New Media Awards over several years, Judging Co-chair of the "Media Fresh" Awards sponsored by Digital Alberta (formerly the Alberta New Media Association). Mark is also a judge in the international Internet Advertising Competition for 2007 and 2008. He was Judinging Chair of the 2003 Alberta New Media Awards and the 2010 Media Fresh Awards (Alberta). He also serves on the academic advisory boards of several post-secondary institutions.
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