Mark Heckman has taught classes in creating web pages to hundreds of genealogists at genealogical conferences and via JewishGen courses. Mark has lectured on computer applications for genealogy at genealogy conferences in New York, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Jerusalem, and other cities, and has given talks on Internet genealogical resources, Holocaust genealogical research, and other topics for various Jewish genealogical societies. He has a MA degree in History and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of California, and has served as President of the JGS of Sacramento and on the Gesher Galicia SIG steering committee