Marc Cohen is an American

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who has spent over 30 years as a prominent

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announcer. He has performed on both television and radio and has a long running technology show, which is not only well respected, it is one of the most listened to shows on technology in the country. He has made many keynote speeches at technology conferences and he is called upon by the top technology companies like

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and

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to do early technology testing. In addition, he has been a judge for the Codie award judging the top software in the country.

Personal

Marc Cohen lives in the

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and graduated from

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. He is married to Leslie. His daughter Allison is a psychotherapist and his son Darryl is retired Marc was formerly President of the

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and a current board member of NAAAA, the National Association of African American Athletes .

Career Notes

*Marc's show airs weekly on www.computerandtechnologyradio.com with co-host

Marsha Collier Marsha Collier (born in New York City) is an author, radio personality, podcast host, and educator specializing in technology, Internet marketing, and E-commerce. Early career Before her online career began, Collier owned and operated her own mark ...

author of ''eBay for Dummies''. *Marc Cohen was the host of the

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Computer and Technology Show from 1998 to 2008 after hosting a regular technology segment on the KABC Morning Show *Marc and Marsha were heard on KTRB860 in the San Francisco Bay Area from 2009 until sometime before the station went into receivership. *Marc is a Managing Director at a leading Financial Institution in Westlake Village California *Marc's reviews of computer software and hardware are often quoted by technology companies worldwide. *Until KABC and Marc Cohen split, Marc's computer and technology show was the longest-running radio technology show on a single station in Los Angeles, he started his show on KABC in 1998 *Marc was a sportscaster and newsman on Boss Radio KHJ and has been a featured reporter on

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News as their technology expert. *He is a host of the Distinguished Speakers Series in Los Angeles and has hosted many international celebrities including Joe Biden

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, Senator John Glenn and

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.Distinguished Speaker Series: Rudy Giuliani, Shimon Peres, Frank Abangnale and many more
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External links

*http://www.kabc.com *https://web.archive.org/web/20111030210405/http://wsradio.com/radio_showspage.aspx?id=10 @realmarccohen *http://www.computerandtechnologyradio.com

References

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