Building Opportunities with Business Blog » Take Root http://buildingopportunities.org/blog Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:42:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 BOB welcomes our newest board member, Mark Shieh http://buildingopportunities.org/blog/index.php/bob-welcomes-our-newest-board-member-mark-shieh/ http://buildingopportunities.org/blog/index.php/bob-welcomes-our-newest-board-member-mark-shieh/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:58:59 +0000 Wes http://buildingopportunities.org/blog/?p=925 Mark is Founder and Director of Take Root. Take Root is a network of companies passionate about using real estate to do good through developing urban projects, managing properties, and investing in place making ventures.

Mark began his exploration of commerce and culture as an Imagineer with Disney, developing new theme park experiences. Later, he was the Director of User Research at ECCO Design in New York leading new product development for Fortune 500 clients.

He has a BS in Engineering and an MS in Engineering Management, both from Stanford University. He was a Mayfield Entrepreneurship Fellow and has served on the Vancouver City Planning Commission. He also currently serves on the board of the Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery.

The entire team at BOB would like to extend a very warm welcome to Mark and look forward to seeing his creativity, insight  and experience at work here in the  community!

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