Mr. Marks led the design and development of a number of state-of-the-art interactive training and wargaming programs for law enforcement, emergency response, military, intelligence and special operations personnel. Collectively, these programs have been integrated into state-mandated training and certification programs in over 27 states with international adoptions ranging throughout Europe, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, South Africa and Australia. Agency and academy adoptions include the FBI National Academy, the National Fire Academy, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, and the International Fire Safety Training Association. They are in use by the Armed Forces of the United States as well as several friendly nations.

Interactive titles include:

Hazardous Materials: Managing the Incident
comprehensive hazmat emergency response

SafetyOn
Interactive Firearms Tactical and Safety Training

Propane Emergencies
National-level NPGA program

High Frontier
for the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative

 

In addition, Mr. Marks designed Task Force Marks, the USMC Expeditionary Force sniper simulation component for the TacOps4 tactical combat wargaming system in use by the United States, Australian and New Zealand Armed Forces. He also developed the concept for the SPARTA simulator that merges 3D virtual environments with volumetric sound stage technologies and Hollywood-level special effects to produce immersive physical training environments for special operations personnel.

Mr. Marks designed and developed the interactive multimedia wargame program Times Square 2000 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of that agency's Y2K counterterrorism training initiative.

Mr. Marks developed the three-level national Homeland Security Certification Program for the American College of Forensic Examiners, as well as the Masters Program in Homeland and CyberSecurity for the Universitá Telematica Guiglio Marconi in Rome, Italy.

Outside the realm of counterterror and homeland security, Mr. Marks led the development of an interactive literacy training program designed to address a specific range of cognitive learning disabilities in children. The program was based on a cognitive analysis program initially developed to screen candidates for US bomber crews.

Active training demands realism in the non-digital world as well, and Mr. Marks has designed and produced a wide range of clinically-accurate traumatic injury prosthetics and special effects for a number of national-level paramedic training programs to include such titles as Brady Emergency Care as well as Prehospital Emergency Care and Crisis Intervention. These complex, Hollywood-style photo scenarios included motorboat propellor injuries, wrecked cars with downed live power lines and numerous compound fractures, punctures and amputations. These skills were later put to use to create live-actor mass casualty injuries when serving as training officer on a Washington DC area hazmat Special Operations Team.

The HazMat: MTI program was recognized by Apple Computer, Inc. for advanced applications of the QuickTime VR™ virtual reality technology.

"In my opinion, SafetyOn is the most realistic, in-depth and compelling firearms training program available."

~ Cong. Suzanna Gratia Hupp
State of Texas
House of Representatives

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