“At the conclusion of a stringent selection process, we feel very happy that Mark accepted the position as our next Executive Director”, says Warren Tuttle, UIA Board President. “Mark has been an active and well respected member of the inventor community for many years, and is well known for his passion for helping inventors. Our entire board feels Mark will bring a fresh approach and enthusiasm to the UIA, while leading the charge towards continuing our nonprofit Mission.”

As part of this planned transition, Mark takes the helm of the UIA from Patrick Raymond, who served as Executive Director since September 2008. According to Mr. Tuttle, “Patrick has faithfully served the inventor community as the Executive Director. Patrick will remain actively involved at the UIA as its next Treasurer on the UIA’s all-volunteer Board of Directors. We wish him all very best in his new business www.MyInventionScore.com, a private service he recently pioneered.”

About Mark, our new Executive Director
Having served many years with the National Security Agency (NSA) -- as both a Senior Intelligence Analyst and executive in charge of Classified Technology Innovation & Program Development -- Mr. Reyland has applied many of these unique skills to his work as a successful inventor. Mr. Reyland’s long list of accomplishments include Director of Classified Technology Development for a fortune 500 company, NSA liaison to the Korean government, successful Inventor with many products in the retail market. Currently he is Founder and CEO of Obvious Ideas LLC - a Cincinnati based product Development Company specializing in providing fully developed products to traditional retail and the Direct Response industry. Although Mr. Reyland often does product development consulting for other companies, most evenings you’ll find him on the phone volunteering his time mentoring new inventors through the process of developing their dreams into a reality.

Mr. Reyland’s technology inventions and retail products have been widely published in magazines and trade journals around the world.  You can often hear him as a guest lecturer at universities, corporations, and inventor forums, or read his daily Inventor blog www.inventoropinion.blogspot.com, where he posts valuable, educational information for new inventors.