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Mark Porter

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Field CTO at Cognition
📍 United States

Mark is a seasoned technology executive, currently Field CTO at Cognition, with a history of leading technical teams at dbt Labs, MongoDB, Grab, and Amazon Web Services. An alum of Caltech and Harvard Business School, he focuses on AI, databases, and cloud infrastructure. Colleagues describe him as insightful, inspiring, and deeply technical.

Outside of his executive roles, Mark is a devoted husband and father to five and a half children. He is a passionate hands-on coder, an avid gamer (PS5er), and maintains a personal blog, "MarkLovesTech.com," to share his thoughts on technology, leadership, and culture.

Unique fact: He has recently returned to his roots and is now writing more code than he has in the last 25 years, enjoying every commit.

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Experience
38 Years
Current Role
Field CTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
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AI Software Engineering
As Field CTO for Cognition, he is focused on Devin, the AI software engineer, aiming to 10x development speed and reliability for customers.
Safe Software Deployment
Authored a multi-part blog series detailing best practices for deploying software safely and effectively, demonstrating deep expertise and a passion for operational excellence.
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Career

Work history

8-2026
Field CTO
Cognition
5-2026
Technical Advisor, >commit
commit
1-2026 - 9-2026
Boards, advising, and lots of coding
MarkLovesTech
1-2024
CTO : Leader of Engineering, Design, Security, Support, and all things Tech...
dbt Labs
1-2024 - 2-2026
CTO : Leader of Engineering, Product, Design, Security, Support, and all things Tech...
dbt Labs
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Education
1984 - 1988
BS
CaltechX | California Institute of Technology
2019 - 2019
Executive Leadership Program
Harvard Business School
BS
Caltech
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