Mark Hewitt

Mark Hewitt, Ph.D. - Founder "Regenerative Economics" and the MicroCity Model, Director of a "Private Holding Company" with a group of technology and investments dedicated to the development of sustainable industry and community partnerships. Mr. Hewitt’s cradle to cradle vision of systems, utilities, and development won the role of developing the sustainable utility design for the Babcock Ranch recently announced as the Nations first all solar city. Awarded Technology Professional of the year 2010 by the prestigious Who’s Who organization; Mr. Hewitt started his career in Alaska where his private paging network became one of the first of its kind. He was elected to the local city council followed by an election to the Public Utilities Board where he served as Chairman, his oversight of the combined utility system included telephone, electric, water, sewer, and steam/hot water utilities. He later joined Motorola Communications where he first worked on the design of the trunk radio system (core to the Nextel system), the ARDIS Network (core to the Blackberry system), and finally the IRIDIUM system in the areas of ground segment support and network design. He later joined Sterling Cellular where he led overall program management, engineering, site selection, market development, and regulatory areas. Later, he joined Frontier Communications as Sr. Director, Engineering and Product Development where he led technology in the emerging IP systems field. Global Crossing later acquired Frontier. Mr. Hewitt then joined I-Link as Sr. Vice President of Business Development and Product Marketing. There he launched the first softswitch/IAD in the United States. The associated service became the first national broadband voice network in the United States. He received numerous product of the year awards and helped drive the value of the company nearly 1,500% in less than a year. Following the successful venture with I-Link, Mr. Hewitt has operated as CTO at a number of communications, portal, and entertainment device companies. He is well known in the industry as a visionary and a technology guru. Mr. Hewitt acquired his training from the University of Alaska in Electronics Physics, Business Administration, and Police Administration. He has been a member of the City Council, the FNSB Emergency Management Team, and the Governor’s Telecommunications Task Force in Alaska.