Mark Donovan Chief Marketing Officer

At M:Metrics Donovan is responsible for product development and marketing. He also contributes to consulting assignments and editorial matters.

Before joining M:Metrics, Donovan worked for RealNetworks, where he helped define new business opportunities for mobile operators, handset manufacturers and content providers worldwide and brought mobile technologies and services to market. As director of mobile strategy and later director of mobile services, Donovan helped RealNetworks become the leading global supplier of infrastructure for the delivery of audio and video to mobile phones. He also led the team that launched North America's first commercial mobile video services.

Prior to RealNetworks, Donovan was a principal in a technology start-up and also served as director of UWired, a University of Washington program that has become an international model for effective uses of technology in higher education. Donovan also led development of the award-winning Catalyst Project, which reinvented the way that innovations in teaching and technology are cultivated, promoted and supported.

Donovan has more than a decade of experience conducting survey research, data analysis, and modeling for the academic, public, and private sectors. Throughout his career he has been a prolific author and speaker on new media and mobility.

Donovan holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Washington, a master's degree in public policy from San Diego State University and a bachelor's degree in business and entrepreneurship from Loyola Marymount University.