Mark Ellis

Mark Ellis is the father of four children, a tech industry veteran of 25 years and the author of Digitox - a book that will make you and your family happier, healthier, safer and smarter in a society that increasingly demands constant, unsustainable attention.

Mark was given his first computer aged 10. After graduating with a first class honours degree in Business Studies & Technology he joined Dun & Bradstreet and has since spent over two decades in the technology and software industry, working all over the world for several multi billion dollar companies.

He is currently Senior Director of Finance Operations at OpenText, Canada's largest software company and an Associate Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. He is also a professional conference chair, working alongside production teams to provide a safe pair of hands and ensuring a consistently professional, engaging experience for delegates and speakers during events.

Mark has been a guest on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today program, BBC Radio Oxford and Jack FM and together with his family has also been featured on BBC Sunday Morning Live, in the UK and USA national press, and in other publications including Grazia and Oxford Life Magazine.

Outside of his professional life, he is a co-founder of Red Trouser Day, a charity raising money for bowel cancer research and a co-founder of FLTR coffee, a not for profit coffee shop in the heart of a local housing development.

He has been married to Caroline for twenty years, and together they have four children and a dog called Shelby.