Mark Atkinson

Mark Atkinson is  Chief Executive Officer of Mursion, Inc., the nation’s leading virtual  reality, simulation platform, where professionals develop the human skills  required to be effective in high-stakes careers. Mursion has deployed its  simulation platform to hundreds of Fortune 1,000 corporations, non-profits,  and schools of nursing, business, and education.  Mursion’s highly emotive avatars help  learners improve their active listening skills, conversational turn-taking,  de-escalation of conflict, effective feedback, and problem-solving  skills.  Mr. Atkinson is the Founder of  TeachForward, LLC, a virtual coaching platform for K-12 educators that offers  programs for alternative certification and professional licensure. Mr.  Atkinson founded and served as CEO of Teachscape Inc. Prior to launching a  career in educational technology and workforce development, Mr. Atkinson  served as Senior Producer and Manager of New Markets for CBS News Productions  and worked as an Emmy award-winning News Producer for Peter Jennings  Reporting, ABC News, where he produced a series of network specials on U.S.  foreign policy in Bosnia, Haiti, and Iraq. He is a recipient of the Alfred I.  DuPont Columbia University “Gold Baton” for his work in Bosnia.     Mr. Atkinson is a graduate of Yale  College.