Mark Scott-Paton

Mark Paton is a cloud and security architect with more than twenty five years of experience designing resilient systems, modernizing identity platforms, and helping global organizations navigate the complexities of digital transformation. When he isn’t building architectures or governance frameworks, he writes character driven fiction that blends humor, heart, and the wonderfully odd. His Pineberry stories explore community, kindness, and the quiet courage found in everyday people — often with a healthy dose of chaos, sentient infrastructure, and the occasional duck with authority issues. Mark lives on the Northern California coast with his wife and dogs, where fog rolls in like a character with opinions and the pine trees whisper ideas at inconvenient hours. He believes the best stories are the ones that make you laugh, make you care, and leave you feeling like the world is a little stranger — and a little kinder — than you thought.