Mark Davis is a business consultant and writer in Washington, D.C., who advises many technology and other kinds of Fortune 500 companies.

A former White House speechwriter, Mark is now a frequent commentator and writer on politics, technology and the future. His writings have appeared in many of the world’s leading publications.

As a senior director of the Washington-based White House Writers Group, Mark has worked with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as well with some of the nation’s leading telecommunications, Information Technology and defense-aerospace companies.

Mark has advised many companies about the political, regulatory and international positioning of their products and services. He has helped marshal public support for successful mergers of large national corporations. And he has helped companies manage their messaging in the face of class-action litigation with “bet-your-company” stakes.

A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University, Mark has taught at U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and lectured at some of the nation’s leading institutions.