Welcome to the Tideworks Blog!

By July 21, 2015All

Today, we are proud to launch the Tideworks blog on our recently revamped and exciting new website. The Tideworks blog is the place where we would like to connect and engage with our customers, partners, industry peers, employees, and you! Here we will have contributors from all of our global Tideworks offices including our technology specialists, operations experts, executives and Tideworks team members – newcomers and old-timers alike.

Since 1999, Tideworks has been providing technology solutions to marine and intermodal terminal operators around the world. Over the years we have remained innovative with our solutions as we continue our focus on helping terminal operators boost productivity and maximize profitability in every facet of their operations.

We’re eager to engage with you on this new platform, giving you a direct connection to Tideworks and our number one asset, our people. In the blog you’ll learn about the latest time-saving algorithms built into our software from our very own, resident rocket scientist (really!) and hear the latest tales from our globetrotting Project Managers and implementation folks. You’ll be entertained by Tideworks employees who, when not making the world a better place for terminal stakeholders, wow audiences with their musical talents, stand-up comedy, and other not-so-hidden talents. In other words, you’ll get a glimpse, often directly from them, into just a few of the many reasons I’m proud to call these incredible people my Tideworks colleagues. So welcome to our blog. You’ll hear from us and we very much look forward to hearing from you.

Enjoy and welcome to the conversation!

Michael Schwank, President

P.S. We encourage you to leave comments or suggestions at any time. You can also connect with us on YouTube and LinkedIn.

Mark Traynor

Chief Product & Technology Officer

Mark Traynor joined Tideworks in 2026 as Chief Product & Technology Officer, bringing more than two decades of hands-on experience in building and deploying terminal technology and automation systems. In this role Mark will lead the company’s product management and engineering organizations and is responsible for the product roadmap and the modernization of the Tideworks platform.

Before Tideworks, Mark was Chief Technology Officer at Lynxis, whose Nascent gate automation systems deployed in nearly 100 marine and rail terminals across North and South America. For Lynxis, Mark led a globally distributed 70+ person engineering team that built a modern, configuration-driven platform on a single codebase while introducing a visual workflow configuration designed to streamline customer implementations. He also introduced cutting-edge computer vision and agentic AI solutions as well as the re-engineering of the hardware to run on readily available commercial components rather than bespoke systems sourced from specialist manufacturers.

For the 13 years before that, Mark was an independent technology partner to major North American automated marine terminal projects, including Virginia International Terminals and Long Beach Container Terminal. These operators relied on him to help lead their most complex terminal operating system implementations driving efficiency and reliability through their gate, rail, yard and vessel operations.

Mark began his career at Navis in 2004, delivering terminal operating system implementations across North America and Europe.