I’m a passionate, serial, social entrepreneur who believes that commitment to innovation, development of talented staff, inspiring leadership and a "failure is not an option" work ethic has led to the creation of a variety of successful companies that don’t ask why… they ask WHY NOT? With combined gross revenues of $17 million, the companies I've led have provided hundreds of thousands of young people with a life changing vision of what their future could be. My 20+ years of executive management and company creation includes a multi-million dollar non-profit youth agency in NYC that just celebrated their 23rd year, a 14-year-old educational software program used nationwide by the largest school districts, a children’s software company and most recently, Parental Action, which has trained thousands of inner-city, public school parents to advocate for their children.

Chief Executive Officer / Founder @ Developed Parental Action, a unique program used nationwide to empower parents to take a more active role with their child's education. Also offered in Spanish for recent immigrants. Created school-based American Dream 101 program, where students learn about life by experiencing the results of thousands of decisions in an interactive life simulation game online. Curriculum includes workshops, teacher training and a comprehensive workbook centered on critical thinking, to help students analyze and discuss the challenges they face. Completed by 100,000+ students that have played for 10+ million of hours at school and home. Purchased by hundreds of schools in 23 cities plus 7 of the 10 largest school systems around the country including LAUSD, Philadelphia, Miami-Dade, NYC, Chicago, Houston and Boston. From 1999 to Present (16 years) greater philadelphia areaExecutive Director / Founder @ Designed & developed innovative, citywide, comprehensive drop-out prevention programs which were completed by over 85,000 elementary, intermediate and high school students in 68 schools. Raised millions of dollars since inception from both public and private funding sources, including over 100+ corporations and foundations. Managed a culturally diverse staff of 70. Our semester-long Map for Life program recruited and placed over 3,500 successful minority role model presenters to over 39,000 public school students and coordinated hundreds of college trips to 36 different college campus located outside of New York City. From 1991 to 2004 (13 years) greater new york city areaPresident @ Internet Safety software with propriety search engine for teacher-rated and approved websites. Assisted in raising private investment and managed an operating budget of $5.2 million. Coordinated national promotion and sponsorship with Colgate-Palmolive, AT&T, Compaq, HBO, Land-o-Lakes and Pearson Education. Reorganized technical, sales and administrative staff of 23. Closed bundle deal with Apple I-mac, later acquired by Apple (AAPL) for $13M. Product became part of OS X software. From 1998 to 1999 (1 year) Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaGame Design Instructor @ Taught Computer Game Design and Animation which included preparation of lesson plans, examinations and assistance with student projects. From 1997 to 1998 (1 year) Chief Executive Officer / Founder @ Researched, designed and produced animated interactive CD-ROM called The Super Safe Kids Club, which teaches children personal safety, including how to avoid pedophiles and abduction, through original characters and songs. Award winning design received extensive news coverage through national and local print, radio and television media outlets. Completed national licensing deal with Premiere Radio Networks (Dr. Laura) to promote product. From 1996 to 1998 (2 years) Teacher @ Provided academic instruction in World & American History and Music Appreciation to inner-city high school students. From 1989 to 1991 (2 years) Special ADA @ Managed caseload, which included preparing complaints, researching legal issues, answering motions and interviewing and preparing witnesses. Completed trials and motion hearings. From 1988 to 1989 (1 year)

JD @ New York University School of Law From 1986 to 1989 B.A, Political Science @ State University of New York at Albany From 1982 to 1986 Wayne Marquez is skilled in: Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Educational Technology, Internet Strategy, Social Games, Computer Game Design, New Media, User Interface Design, IP design, New Business Development, Youth Programs, Fundraising, Government Contracting, NGO Management, Charter Schools, Management, Nonprofits, Interviews, Social Entrepreneurship, Game Design, Training, Program Management, Venture Capital, NGOs, Executive Management, Staff Development, Small Business, Strategic Partnerships, Consulting, Strategy, Corporate Development, Analysis, Leadership, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Consulting, Community Outreach