Mark Lachniet

Mark Lachniet is a student and independent researcher who focuses on both the humanities and technology. Mark is interested in the way in which fantasy and science fiction literature reflects the human condition and its contemporary and historical views of mythology and religion. Mark works in Information Security leading two teams at a Fortune 500 company. Mark is a licensed Private Investigator in the State of Michigan and has hands-on technology skills and certifications focused on computer forensics, incident response and “ethical hacking.”

More information is available at Mark’s personal website.

Mark Lachniet has the whole white button down shirt, gray hair, and serious necktie thing going, but that boyish grin is irrepressible (and the hair is pulled back into a ponytail). He's a man of European ancestry and tremendous patience with me when I think I've broken the internet.