Mark Reilly, Co-Founder and Joint Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Mark Reilly studied Engineering at Trinity College, University of Cambridge where he
obtained an MA (Cantab) and MEng specialising in pattern processing and artificial intelligence.
Since graduating from Trinity Mark has worked for AI companies Autonomy and Escape Velocity,
as an extreme programmer for Wireless Data Services and as a software engineer for 4-Sight.
Mark quit his job over six years ago to peruse a personal ambition to develop
alternative approaches to simulated intelligence other than the
seemingly naive and emotionally detached methods of behaviour modelling and software reasoning that seem to prevail.
On top of comprising one half of the founding intellectual partnership,
Mark has provided the implementation, graphical design, and literatures of the
PokerParadime site and brands.
Marc Cohen, Co-Founder and Joint Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Marc Cohen studied Mathematics at Trinity College, University of Cambridge where he
obtained an MA (Cantab). After graduating from Trinity Marc served as a derivatives trader for four years
before taking a year out to gain an MSc in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems from the University of Sussex.
Marc's interest in poker was roused by a friend and co-worker around the time
the series Late Night Poker hit the television in the UK, the first TV show to use under-the-table
cameras. Apart from Marc's duties at PokerParadime
he currently works as a self-employed futures trader and remains a keen amateur poker player.
On top of comprising one half of the founding intellectual partnership,
Marc has been the primary source of poker-related knowledge and experience.