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Mark D. Owen

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In Mr. Owen's career as a serial inventor and entrepreneur, he founded Puralytics, pioneering photocatalytic water purification using light-activated nanotechnology that has been sold in over 70 countries. He was also founder and CEO of Phoseon Technology, the world leader in UV LED photo-curing systems to the inks, coatings, and adhesives industry.

Mark held business development, marketing, and engineering management roles at Agilent Technologies, Electro Scientific Industries, and Tektronix and was an Engineering Lecturer at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

He has over 50 patents issued or pending, has published over fifty technical articles, and more than $1B in revenues have been derived from products involving his patents.

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	Impact (Volume 1) (The Pan Nationals) 4.41 avg rating — 97 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Shadow of the Eternal Watcher

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The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds

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I picked this book up at a SciFi conference, and expected something like Quantum Leap. Not at all. The stories are about the horror and desire to escape for asexual and perhaps neurodivergent women. This is not my lived experience or reading interest ...more
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A mysterious pulse event affects almost every planet and civilization in this part of the universe. For some, this gives them powers. One group wants to use them to conquer, another to protect the galaxy from another pulse. Plenty of action and plot ...more
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I enjoy this author, but this wasn’t my favorite. An employee test turns into psychological torture.
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