The CTO Forum today announced that eBay Inc. Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Mark Carges has been appointed to the CTO Forum’s executive board. The CTO Forum brings together senior technology executives within the U.S. to discuss and collaborate on key technology issues facing the industry and to accelerate innovation across organizations.
"We are excited to have Mark Carges serve on the executive board for the CTO Forum," said Basheer Janjua, founder and chairman of the CTO Forum and CEO of Integnology Corporation. "Mark brings a wealth of knowledge in platform and software development that will be a huge asset for the CTO Forum."
In his role at eBay Inc., Carges oversees the global product and technology organization for the company. His background includes more than 25 years of experience in the software industry at companies such as BEA Systems, Bell Labs, Unix System Labs and Novell. Carges was also one of the original architects of Tuxedo, software for constructing highly scalable transaction processing applications.
Founded in 1995, eBay Inc. connects hundreds of millions of people globally every day through some of the best-known online brands in the world, including eBay, PayPal, Skype, Shopping.com, and others. Under Carges’ leadership, eBay Inc. is accelerating innovation, and further opening its e-commerce and payments platforms to outside developers to enhance the customer experience and enable new business opportunities.
