Mark Voortman, Ph.D. Pitt '09

Mark Voortman, Ph.D., is Chief Data Scientist at Liaison International in the Othot division and oversees and builds the engines that power Othot’s predictive analytics platform. He also created the Othot Data Science Language (ODSL) that is used to process analytics for colleges and universities. Voortman is passionate about building intelligent systems that solve important problems through automation and his skills range from analyzing data science problems to designing and implementing technical solutions to solve them.

In addition, he is also an Associate Professor and Director of the Applied Computer Science program in the Rowland School of Business at Point Park University. Voortman co-created the revised Applied Computer Science (formerly Information Technology) Program at Point Park, which is focused on helping students build applicable knowledge in advanced programming, big data and business entrepreneurship.

He earned his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from Delft University of Technology and obtained his Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh with as dissertation topic the causal discovery of dynamic systems. In his free time, he runs marathons and is an avid pickleball player.