Mark Potts

Mark is a leader in the development of innovative content and business strategies and products in online media. He created one of the first electronic newspaper prototypes in the early 1990s and then co-founded WashingtonPost.com, now one of the most successful news sites on the Web. He also served on the founding team of the @Home Network, where he led the creation of the first consumer broadband Internet programming service.

More recently, Mark was Vice President and Chief Product Officer for Cahners Business Information (now Reed Business Information), the nation's largest trade publisher, where he managed Cahners Digital and oversaw the development of 120 trade magazine Web sites, including Variety.com and PublishersWeekly.com. As a consultant, Mark has developed strategies and products for The Washington Post Co., New Century Network, Classified Ventures, Disney's Infoseek/Go Network and leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He also has been a reporter and editor at The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Examiner and the Associated Press.