Mary O'Brien has over 23 years experience as a content developer for corporate and educational media and brings an understanding of the viewpoints of many varied audiences to her work. Mary has won national and international media awards and has written and directed projects for Fortune 500 and leading technology companies including Cisco Systems, Kaiser Permanente, Sun Microsystems, Apple Computer, Computer Curriculum Corporation, the California Department of Social Services, and Toyota America among others. She has experience in working on high-level projects for marketing, corporate communications, public relations and educational media. For example, as lead content developer for UniverseCity, Mary helped Cisco Systems create their first online, training/information portal. The site contained a curriculum with over 100 interactive courses for a worldwide customer service certification program.

When she steps away from her computers keyboard, Mary is an exhibiting artist creating sculptures that serve as commentary on today's social and economic issues. She is an avid outdoorswoman, regularly training on her mountain bike for annual summer wilderness canoe and backpack treks with her husband.