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Mark DeSimone is an Information Technology professional, currently working as the CIO for The Rendon Group.

Career
DeSimone received his B.S. in Computer Science and Math from Vanderbilt University in 1989. His studies in Artificial Intelligence led to an in depth understanding of Expert Systems.

In 1989, he started working in the Telecommunications industry for British Telecom as a technical support specialist for the X.25 packet network division of BT Tymnet. Later he became a systems engineer, selling and designing data networks.

At the beginning of the World Wide Web in 1994, DeSimone became a Product Manager at MCI where he managed several key products, including the first secure e-commerce site, marketplaceMCI, using technology developed by Netscape. While there he also developed internet strategies for companies.

At the .com boom of 1998 he was the CTO for a web startup called HealthQuick.com, online drugstore, founded by Herbert Haft.

After that, at America Online in 2000, he was the business director for AOL Search and AOL Keywords, in charge of revenue as well as product development for the second largest search engine in the world.

The Rendon Group
In 2002, DeSimone joined The Rendon Group as a product manager, using visualization technologies in Geospacial Information Systems (GIS) and from the University of Maryland Human Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL). Currently the Chief Information Officer for The Rendon Group responsible for technology operations and enabling business objectives through technology. For its clients seeking Strategic Communications solutions, Mr. DeSimone also recommends some of the Technology components.