Achieving exceptionalism has been the focus of Jason Safford throughout his career. Frominstalling solar panels while teetering on rooftops, climbing towering wind turbines and building microgrid communities to writing essays and poems about nature and romance, Jason is always working to identify process efficiencies, exploring innovative technologies and developing valuable solutions that positively impact everything around him. Jason’sboundless energy and enthusiasm have led countless projects, teams and companies through startup and growth to established success.
Beginning his career in the world of IT at Interactive Imaginations, New York University and MTV Networks, Jason was on the cutting edge of the convergence of digital communications, interactive media and online security. He tested the world of entrepreneurship in 2000 with his first venture, Spiral Connection – an online platform for leveraging creative talent to the commercial industry. Despite the failure of this business, he caught the entrepreneurial bug quickly and after closing the doors on that first business, following the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Jason co-founded Safflyn Corporation, Inc. to develop carbon neutral solutions in Brooklyn by adding solar panels on Brownstones. As CEO, Jason has led Safflyn over 16 years in the acquisition and development of more than $200 million dollars in real estate, installations of more than 20MWs of Wind and Solar energy, and prevention of more than 10 million tons of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere. Additionally, Jason was instrumental in the development and management of the City of New York's Green Jobs program with the Human Resources Administration (HRA) with efforts to retrain displaced workers in the community. Over 250 students were trained under this curriculum, with more than two-thirds landing full-time employment during the 2009-2010 economic recession.
In 2007, Jason became the co-owner and developer of a 330-acre development now known as The Green Kingdom, asubsidiary of Safflyn Green Industries, located in Herkimer, NY. It currently operates as an entertainment destination that includes a miniature replica of the historic Gelston Castle in Scotland; the Russian Blue Mansion; The Big Lawn, a concert/festival venue which attracts more than 100 thousand visitors annually. The Master Plan includes the development of a larger micro-grid development; including The Green Kingdom Technology Park, Residential Village and Recreational Campus.
Jason Safford is a recognized thought leader and national speaker on the subjects of Executive Leadership, Innovation, Environmental Development and Design, Real Estate, Technology, Finance, IT and Entrepreneurship.He has taught at New York University, Hofstra University, and York College. Currently, he is holding seminars and lectures for local residents and college students on how natural environments function; how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems through developing their Green Mind to live sustainably. Jason serves on several boards of Directors including Chairman of the Center for Green Leadership, Chair of the Hicksville Chamber of Commerce Green Business Council, and is a member of the Southeast Queens Chamber of Commerce. He has been involved with the startup of more than 200 businesses over the course of his career and currently advises and mentors CEOs for more than a dozen companies. Jason Safford holds a BFA in Film & TV production from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and a BA in Africana Studies and History from NYU College of Arts and Sciences. He completed his postgraduate studies in Executive Leadership at Cornell University and has several professional certifications in IT Security, Management and Programming. In addition to his many professional accomplishments, Jason is an accomplished musician having studied and played Tuba at Oberlin Conservatory in Elyria, Ohio.
In 2013, Jason began to do academic and policy work in environmental economics and philosophy; and later published his first book, Think Green: The Future is Awesome, a collection of thought provoking essays about the environment and going green. His second book, Sun, Sand and Salt: the collected writings of a Green Mind, is scheduled to be published in the Summer 2017. Jason is currently working on Developing Your Green Mind, a platform dedicated to helping individuals self-actualize their goals and objectives in work and life. "While usually you work improve yourself through motivation , developing your Green Mind allows you to self-actualize your best self and reach your goals and objectives from your power within and impact the world more sustainably."
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