About

Cribb Notes is written by Mark Cribb, and the whole premise is in the name. Cliff’s Notes, by Cribb: short, honest explainers for the parts of technology everyone pretends to already understand.

The angle

Most people with AI opinions do exactly one of three things. I happen to do all three, which is the only reason I think this is worth your inbox:

  • I build it. Real software, shipped, much of it on weekends with AI as a co-pilot.
  • I govern it. I authored my organization’s enterprise AI governance framework.
  • I teach it. Thousands of university students a year, plus a doctorate in progress.

The view from the intersection (where the hype meets the budget meets the actual code) is where these notes are written from.

The longer version

Mark Cribb is a technology leader and educator with 25+ years in enterprise platform architecture and data strategy, now focused on driving enterprise AI adoption. He serves as AI Solutions and Applications Manager at The Marcus Corporation, where he authored the enterprise AI governance framework and built the AI-literacy training delivered to the Corporate and Theatres Accounting teams. He teaches Database Management at MSOE’s Rader School of Business and cloud computing at Western Governors University, and has previously taught Business Law & Ethics at Bryant & Stratton College and technology leadership in UWM’s Executive MBA program. He is working on a Doctor of Business Administration, holds multiple Microsoft and AWS certifications (AI Engineer, Data Scientist, Solutions Architect), and speaks on AI governance, AI-assisted development, and quantum readiness. He serves as Co-Chair of United Way’s Technology United Council, chairs the planning committee for the 2027 Milwaukee CIO Forum, and serves as Vice President of the board of the BUILD Moto Mentor Program.

The human layer

Cribb Notes isn’t only AI block diagrams. Mark is a black belt in Kenpo Karate and Tae Kwon Do and has coached martial arts and wrestling for thirty years; he plays drums and produces music; he collects movie memorabilia (ask him about Godzilla), reads philosophy and historical fiction, leans Stoic, and is training for a sprint triathlon out of Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Those threads show up here on purpose: the best explanations of hard technical ideas usually come from somewhere human.

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