About Syl
SYL DI DIEGO PROFILE
“Better Call Syl” for Problem Solving, Strategies, and Results. Syl is your secret weapon when you need a Catalyst, Organizer, Integrator, or Fixer.
Sylvester (Syl) Di Diego is an accomplished entrepreneur, venture consultant, global 500 executive, and public speaker.
For over 20 years, Syl has been active in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Accelerators, Incubators, Commercializing Technologies, Digital Business, eCommerce, eMarketplaces, Platform Businesses, Digital Transformation, and Economic Development.
Syl previously served in a Global Fortune 500 Conglomerate for 17 years. His roles spanned C-Suite and Chairman Office staff, Investment Board Staff, and Manager for Corporate Finance, Investment Funds, and Portfolio Management (500 direct equity companies). Based in the USA and Japan he covered Americas and Asia regions. Syl rose through the corporate ranks in various management, operating, trade, and supply chain roles in the Non-Ferrous Metals Group and IT Systems and Services Group.
Syl has ridden the waves of new technologies and spearheaded first mover advantages in the ecosystems of electronic materials, information, components, IT systems, outsourcing, web, and digital business.
RESULTS
300+ Clients
$300 Million Capital
200+ Business Plans
20 Financial Projection Models
$1 Billion Portfolio Management (Direct Equity Invested Companies)
50 Business Launches
20 Transplants
7 Turnarounds
10 Webshops/Platforms
$200 Million Annual Global Payments
10,000+ Jobs Created/Saved
500,000+ Entrepreneurs Trained/Inspired
GLOBAL EXPERIENCE
Syl has worked for clients in USA, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Japan, Republic of Korea (South), China, Thailand, Pakistan.
In country work experience in USA, Japan, China, Pakistan, Mexico, Peru, and Brazil.
LANGAGES
Syl speaks English (native) and Japanese (business).
EDUCATION & TRAINING
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
M.C. Rockefeller Graduate Fellowship (Awarded)
Harvard University – Japan (Primary and Secondary Research of Japanese Collaboration Culture & Practices)
BA Sociology, Focus: Policy Design, Lobbying & Program Implementation Excellence
Harvard University – Cambridge, MA
National Science Foundation – Energy Resources (Awarded)
University of Tennessee at Martin
(Geology Lab Work | Nuclear Spent Fuel Research Paper)
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INDUSTRY EDUCATION
MBA Equivalent Experience
PMI PMP, PMI ACP Agile, Scrum Training
Scient Corporation Creative Problem Solving and Innovation
Mitsubishi Corporation Leadership Program – Global
Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank Emerging Leaders Program – Tokyo, Japan
Mitsubishi Corporation Leadership Program – USA
Leadership New York (Coro Foundation, NYC Partnership) – USA
Mitsubishi Venture Catalyst Leadership Program – USA (Program Director, Co-Instructor)
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