Victor Marks

About Victor Marks

Technology enthusiast with more than a decade of experience in product management, sales- and marketing-related roles with startups. I write products, I\'ve built products, and I\'ve won contests around the world. Other substantive accomplishments and interesting professional accomplishments include the following: developing an event plan for a PR pop-up event in NY and SF, which was attended by WSJ, NYT, and other national news media and inventing the different power states and behaviors of a USB hub (Patent #20•••••••07).

Experience

1. Design Communications Manager

   HP

   Jul 2018 — Present · Palo Alto, CA, US

   Designed entrants for 16 contests across the world- Won entries every year, across 6 years, for a total of 844 wins across 20••••24- Designed a collection of spreadsheets that used project names and numbers to public names and design studios, so that we could see when projects were entered, won, and which studios were used- Entered contests that partnered with other countries around the world, so that one contest’s win worked for another contest’s round 2 entry- Entered with CES, iF Design, Good Design Singapore, Red Dot, Green Good Design, DNA Paris, European Product Design Award, Fast Company, IDEA, International Design Award, London Design Award, New York Design Awards, Good Design Australia, Good Design Korea, Good Design Japan, Good Design Chicago, and more.

Education

• DePauw University

  B.M.A., Music

  1993 — 1997

• University of Liverpool

  M.A., Applied Linguistics

  1998 — 2000