
Mark Sylvester
My life's focus is on the visualization of ideas to help us make better decisions. I work with... | 1482 East Valley RoadApartment 466, Santa Barbara, United States
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Mark Sylvester’s Expertise My life's focus is on the visualization of ideas to help us make better decisions. I work with people and organizations to help them 'See What You Think,' a methodology that I've used my entire career. It was the basis of my own TEDxFargo talk in 2018. I have been involved with TED since 1993. As an attendee, Speaker, TEDx Organizer, and Host of two podcasts: Hacking The Red Circle, the global show for TEDx Organizers, and Making Waves: Conversations with Influencers and Disruptors, a weekly program delving into the impact of COVID on our culture. Since 2010, we've produced 100 TEDxSantaBarbara talks with over 36.5 million views. Through these experiences, I have learned how to position an idea to maximize its potential and prepare it for spreading to the world. I started my career working in kitchens in Santa Barbara, ending up as a farm-to-table Chef for the Jesuits by age 30. For the next 20 years, after leaving the kitchen, I led teams that helped organizations visualize scripts for visual effects, design state-of-the-art products, and use animation to illustrate complex processes as the founder of the Academy Award-winning computer animation company, AliasWavefront. You may have heard of Maya, which we created here in Santa Barbara. After a successful exit from AliasWavefront, my life became consumed by TED and the development of one of the first Rich Internet Applications (RIA). Working with my wife, Kymberlee Weil, we created the first social network that connected people to ideas rather than places and things. That project, called introNetworks, was eventually deployed across thousands of organizations to connect and match tasks to talent and ideas to opportunities. Our focus was on fostering relationships rather than triggering transactions. It turns out, my entire life has been about stories. Starting with the stories behind ingredients in the foods I prepare to now, working closely with organizations to help them design, develop, and deliver their story as vividly as possible so their ideas will gain traction. I currently am the Executive Producer at https://StorytellingSchool.com
Mark Sylvester’s Current Industry Mixed Grill
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Sylvester’s Prior Industry
Til We Eat Again Personal Food Project
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Alias
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Intronetworks
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Tedxsantabarbara
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Mixed Grill
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J Walter Thompson Worldwide
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Hacking The Red Circle Podcast
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Storytelling School
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Karerra
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Mixed Grill
Managing Partner
Sun Mar 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Karerra
Partner
Sun Mar 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Fri Oct 01 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Storytelling School
Executive Producer
Mon Jan 01 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Hacking The Red Circle Podcast
Executive Producer, Host
Sun Jan 01 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sun Mar 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
J Walter Thompson Worldwide
Strategic Project Manager
Sun Nov 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Mon Apr 01 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mixed Grill
Ambassador, Host 805Conversations Podcast
Wed Jan 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Feb 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Tedxsantabarbara
Executive Producer
Sun Mar 01 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Intronetworks
CEO
Sat Feb 01 2003 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sun Dec 01 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Alias
Ambassador, Co-Founder
Fri Jun 01 1984 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Fri Feb 01 2002 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Til We Eat Again Personal Food Project
Chef
Sat Jul 01 1972 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present