MARCUS ABUNDIS – 55mrcs@gmail.com

EDUCATIONB.S. cum laude, Calif. State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA. March '81. Major: Business.M.B.A., University of Calif., Los Angeles, CA. June ’85. Concentration: Finance/Info. Systems.Post GraduateAdvanced facilitator, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (Organizational Behavior: Graduate Facilitation Training Program), Stanford, CA. October ’07 - March ’11.

PUBLICATIONS- Are the cosmos, Internet & your iPhone conscious? – ‘consciousness’ as information science,

Information Studies and Transdisciplinarity, M. Burgin & W. Hofkirchner (eds.), World Scientific, in press.

- Natural multi-state computing – engineering evolution: simple machines and beyond, in review.

- A study of logical contours as an origin of reason – causes of ‘information’, in review. - Global cultural evolution (GCE) – part 1: towards a unified field theory of human behavior,

Integral World: Exploring Theories of Everything (April 2009). - GCE also appeared in the proceedings of the International Society for Systems Sciences,

annual meeting 2008, University of Wisconsin–Madison.- Making robots count, Robotics Engineering (December 1986), pp. 17-20- Partial reprint of Making robots count, Robomatix Reporter (feature: Annual Index 1987).

CONFERENCES2016- Foundations of Information Science (leader: A priori Modeling of Information, online session)- University of Arizona (workshop co-host: Quantum AI and Machine Consciousness) Towards

a Science of Consciousness, annual mtg.2015- Oxford University, (invitee: Infometrics Institute Spring Seminar, Philosophy of Information

and Information Processing)- Vienna Technical University, (speaker: International Society for Information Studies)2013- Dayalbagh Educational Institute, India (speaker: Towards a Science of Consciousness, annual

mtg.)- Copenhagen School of Business, Denmark (presenter: Cybersemiotics Graduate

Symposium)*- The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, CA (poster: Association for the Scientific Study of

Consciousness, annual mtg.).(*only event attended in 2013)2011- Stockholm University, Sweden (speaker: Towards a Science of Consciousness, annual mtg.)2010- San Rafael, CA (speaker: Science and Non-Duality, annual mtg.)2009

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- Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China (speaker: Asian Festival of Consciousness/ Towards a Science of Consciousness, annual mtg.)

- San Rafael, CA (speaker: Science and Non-Duality, annual mtg., 2 presentations)- University of Siena, Italy (speaker, Darwin Bicentenary).2008- New Orleans, LA (speaker: Society for Cross-Cultural Research, annual mtg.)- Yale, School of Divinity, CT (speaker: Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, annual

mtg.)*- University of Wisconsin–Madison, WI (speaker: International Society for Systems Sciences,

annual mtg.)*- University of Odense, Denmark (speaker: Language, Culture, and Mind, annual mtg.)- Virginia Commonwealth University, VA (speaker: Society for Chaos Theory in Life Sciences

and Psychology, annual mtg.)*- Star Island, NH (speaker: Institute on Religion in the Age of Science, annual mtg.)*- University of Arizona, AZ (poster: Towards a Science of Consciousness, annual mtg.)*- Barcelona, Spain (speaker: European Trans-personal Association, annual mtg.)- Boston, MA (poster: American Psychological Assoc., annual mtg.)- JFK University, CA (poster: 1st Integral Theory Conference, biennial mtg.)- Montpellier University, France (poster: European Human Behavior and Evolution Society,

annual mtg.)(*only events attended in 2008)2007- College of William and Mary, VA (poster: Human Behavior and Evolution Society, annual.

mtg.)- University of Salzburg, Austria (poster: Quantum Mind, biennial mtg.)- University of Budapest, Hungary (poster: Towards a Science of Consciousness, annual mtg.)- University of Aarhus, psychology department, Denmark (poster: Human Mind – Human Kind,

anthropology conference)(2008–2010 presentations are typified by <http://vimeo.com/10128327>)

WORK HISTORY – Independent Researcher, Self Funded. January 2002 – Present; Aarau, Switzerland. Foundational work in 21st century informational models. Developed the world's first general model of human creativity and human psyche. Current focus is on General Information Theory with a goal of designing a machine intelligence able to “invent.”

– Teaching Asst., Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Oct. 2007 – March 2011. Interactively led 2nd year MBA student groups in applying course material on group and interpersonal dynamics. Specially trained in diverse group, interpersonal, and introspective practices. Reached advanced facilitator status and steering committee member.

– Work Scholar, Esalen Institute. June 2004 – December 2005; Big Sur, Calif. Work-study at an educational community for special training in group, interpersonal, and introspective dynamics. Initiated independent research. Also supervised the maintenance crew and performed maintenance related tasks at the community's int'l retreat facility.

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– Mgr. European Operations, SynOptics Communications. Oct. 1990 – Oct. 1994; Woerden, NL Managed all operational aspects of European business during a period when sales grew from $20M to $210M, market share grew from 16% to 24% (#3 to #1 position), and operations grew from 2 offices with 9 staff to 11 offices with 80 staff. Reported to CFO. Firm offered a key technology of the Internet explosion - the Ethernet port.

– Asst. Treasurer, SynOptics Communications, March 1989 – Oct. 1990; Santa Clara, Calif. Directed all corporate finance, investor relations, and int'l operations oversight for a newly public company. During this period global sales grew from $40M to $176M, market capitalization increased from $95M to $680M, and the firm's leading PE ratio grew from 13 to 23. Reported to CFO. Firm produced complex computer network systems.

– Mgr. Treasury Operations, The Cooper Companies. July 1986 – Feb. 1989; Palo Alto, Calif. Directed the global cash management, operational, and analytical resources for a Treasury Department in a Fortune 500 company ($900M revenue) during a period when a $460M debt restructuring and asset liquidation was managed, involving 11 international banks. Advanced from position of Treasury Analyst. Reported to Treasurer. Firm produced medical products.

– Systems Analyst, AT&T. July 1981 – Oct. 1983; San Jose, CA Technical support and operations for Pacific Bell's west coast datacenter. Oversaw daily production runs on a Univac 1100; did coding in COBOL and FORTRAN. Center produced the western states Yellow Pages directories.

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