He has been working with Java since 1996 and is actively involved in open source projects in the Java and Linux area. He is Apache Software Foundation member and serves as PMC and Committer for Apache OpenWebBeans, MyFaces, Maven, OpenJPA, BVal, DeltaSpike and other projects. He is also a CDI Expert Group member actively working on the specification. Mark works for the Research Group for Industrial Software (INSO) at the Vienna University of Technology.