Mark Ritzmann is a Faculty member and Associate Dean, and the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the SPS Artificial Intelligence Lab. He is recognized as an early practitioner of AI, Neurosymbolic AI, ML, and neural nets. His professional background includes roles as a Chief Information Officer and AI Adviser, where he applies his data and analytics expertise.

Ritzmann's work experience spans from F500 companies to start-ups, covering multiple verticals and various countries and cultures.