Allan Starski
Production Designer
“In movies you have from like 40 to 150 locations and each location needs to be specifically prepared.” Allan Starski is a Production Designer who designed the set for several popular films, as for example Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. “It is a good moment, when the audience sees the movie for the first time and I sit between the people and I feel the emotion”, he told us at the Let's CEE Festival in Vienna.
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Linda Kozlowski
Vize President
“Talking to customers and hearing how Evernote helped them be a better teacher or plan their family vacation or build their company makes me realise: I love what I do.” Linda Kozlowski, Vize President of International Marketing travels around the world talking to people from India to Brazil. “The biggest restriction I have is just how long it takes to fly to places.”

Hassan Mugne
Medical Doctor
“I was working in a city with 46.000 inhabitants and I was the only doctor.” Apart from giving medical treatment, Hassan Mugne trained medical staff and managed the medical support on his mission. During the civil war in Somalia he was forced to leave and came to Austria seeking for asylum. “I am a person who is dedicated to give back. Working with MFS gives me this opportunity.”

Barbara Covarrubias Venegas
Chairperson Sietar Austria, Researcher & Lecturer
“Be prepared to work hard, but never forget to take some space for yourself to rethink what and how you are doing things, to get yourself some creativity time” Barbara Covarrubias Venegas, President of Sietar Austria and Research Contact Point, advices her 14-year old self. “The most important skills you need in today’s world and for this position is being a good networker and communicator, because, as we are a networking platform, I have to bring people together, so I have to be quite open-minded.”

Josh Grigsby
Curator CITYx
“Not only don’t be afraid to fail, do it intentionally. You can’t learn anything, you can’t succeed until you know how to fail”, Josh Grigsby would tell his 14-year-old self. What it takes to do his job as Curator at CITYx for TEDx? “Curiosity. Curiosity to the point, that it makes you willing to say things to people that might embarrass you or ignore boundaries.”