Sean Griffin Entreprenuerial Timeline

2004 – Current -- What Box?

  • A weekly creativity column published in The Chronicle of Grand Lake
  • Dedicated to sharing creative stories of inspiration and the creativity tools to support people to reach for their full potential

2003 – Current – Zevcon, LLC. Co-founder and Vice President Business Development

  • An Oklahoma based renewable energy company dedicated to harvesting the wind for utility grade energy production
  • Committed to improving the economic development of rural America through wind farm development
  • Supporting the reduction of dependence on fossil fuels while meeting increasing energy demands

2002 - 2004 -- IFVP, International Forum of Visual Practitioners, Founding Board Member

  • Dedicated to promoting Visual Thinking/Graphic Facilitation
  • Committed to growing the Visual Practitioner Field
  • Supporting the evolution of the Visual Practitioner
  • Learn more at http://www.visualpractitioner.org

1996 - 2000 -- Founder/CEO, StudioFX, Inc.

  • An entertainment driven electronic commerce web site company
  • Acquired exclusive digital rights to world class cartoon characters, TV shows, entertainment and sports properties
  • Broadcasting over 2,500 hours of original content including Gumby & Pokey, The Underdog Show, The Lone Ranger, Sid & Marty Krofft shows, Bernard of Hollywood, Close to Home, MLBPAA, Lamborghini, NASA, and Howdy Doody.
  • Disabled employer of the year award 1999
  • Partnered in a number of Internet Start-Ups including the Chinese Auction House.

1996 - 1998 -- The Digital Clubhouse Network. Co-Founder with NASA, Warren Hegg and Joe Lambert

  • Dedicated to utilizing the power of multi-media to build better communities
  • Created in collaboration with NASA and The Digital Storytelling Center
  • Participants created short 3-5 minute multi-media movies based upon their lives
  • The Digital Clubhouse supports youth, educators, women, seniors, disabled and
    emerging companies.
  • Initial sponsors of the first Clubhouse included IBM, IOMEGA, NTT, NTT Data, Netscape/AOL, Sun Microsystems, Tandem, Macromedia and Yahoo!

1995 - 1996 -- The Broad Alliance for Multi-Media Technology Applications

  • Founding Member and Consultant
  • Designed to accelerate the development of networked multimedia technology
  • A collaboration between the public, private and government sectors
  • Promoted and encouraged collaborative cross industry problem solving
    Funded by NASA

1995 - 1996 -- Founder, Creative Visions

  • Visual integration and creativity consulting firm
  • Focus on Process Art & Graphic Facilitation
  • Introduced creativity and Process Art workshops
  • Clients included SegaSoft, Yahoo, BAMTA, and NASA.

1993 - 1995 -- The University of the Future. Founding Member with Dr. Don Perrin and Gordon Rudow

  • A Charter University
  • An early example of live broadcast satellite and broadband education
  • Designed to empower the non-traditional college student
  • Initial courses were TQM, Nutrition, and Business.

1993 - 1995 -- Vital Pathways, Inc. Co-Founder with Gordon Rudow

  • Visual integration and creativity consulting firm
  • Focus on Process Art & Graphic Facilitation
  • Supported starting a number of Silicon Valley Internet Start-Ups.
  • Clients included HP, Stratacom, National Semiconductors, and Lockheed.

1993 - 1994 -- Universal Art Support. Co-Founder with Gordon Rudow

  • An online art auction and sales Web site
  • Targeted arts and crafts market, struggling artists, fine artists, and the masters.
  • Prototype designs proved our ambitions were ahead of the Internet's capabilities

1992 - 1993 -- The 5th Medium I.C. Founding Member with Chris Bui, Jeff Bui, Gordon Rudow and Blair Woods.

  • Large scale public meeting facilitation, Town Halls.
  • Forums provided Silicon Valley residents with an educational, action-oriented vehicle to address and solve key issues facing the region.
  • Utilized Option Finder TQM technology for instantaneous participant feedback
  • First Introduced to Process Art & Graphic Facilitation

1991 - 1993 -- Founder, Stinky Productions Inc.

  • Created cartoon character based on Winston, my Bull Terrier
  • Created a successful line of T-shirts
  • Developed a cartoon series that was never picked up

1987 -1989 -- Wine Columnist, Protege Magazine

  • Interviewed numerous California winemakers
  • Reviewed wines, rated and suggested complimentary foods
  • Held yearly wine tasting and food events

1983 - 1991 -- Safeway Stores Inc.

  • Manager at the age of 18
  • Created over 200 award winning merchandising displays
  • Conducted over 100 cross-promotional wine tasting and food events
  • President of Safeway Employees Association, 1,300 members

1976 - 1983 -- Architecture

  • Employed by Paragon Design and Barney Davidge & Associates
  • Rendering of architectural plans
  • Supporting city planning presentations
  • Drawing architectural illustrations
 

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