Mark Cochran is a student of human and organizational behavior who spent over thirty years as an organizational effectiveness executive in several well-known organizations. Mr. Cochran has a passion for competitive games and how they enhance productive, real-life social interaction by providing a fully competitive, but controlled, environment for learning and experimentation. He has hosted and led more than 800 friendly poker games over the past forty-five years, in many regions of the country, involving hundreds of regular players.