Mark Dibner

Mark D. Dibner, Ph.D., MBA, brings to Kramden Institute a strong background in management of technology, education, non-profit management, and entrepreneurship. In June 2003, he and his built a PC from spare used parts in their basement and agreed to refurbish more PCs to give to students in Ned’s middle school lacking a home computer. They did 42, and Kramden Institute began (FYI, Kramden is Ned/Mark spelled backward). Mark has served as the Chairman of Kramden’s Board of Directors since its founding in 2003.

Mark was the founder/President of two companies, BioAbility, LLC (1994-present) and Strategic Outcomes Services (1998-2001). From 1986-1998 he was an Adjunct Assoc. Professor of Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, teaching MBA courses in entrepreneurship and technology management.

Mark’s not-for-profit management experience includes as a VP of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center from 1986-1994. He holds a Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology from Cornell Univ. School of Medicine, an MBA in Strategic Planning from Widener Univ., and a B.A. in physiological psychology from the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He worked as a researcher in neuropharmacology at the Univ. of Colorado Medical School and U.C. San Diego and served 6 years as a principal scientist at E.I. DuPont. Mark has authored 13 books on technology management. He has served on numerous boards of directors, including companies, non-profits, and editorial boards. Mark and his wife Elaine live in Raleigh and Henderson, NC.