Ari Mark is Co-Founder of AMPLE Entertainment, a production company dedicated to hands-on, handcrafted and filmmaker led premium content. Since launching less than three years ago, the company has produced more than 40 hours of programming including Murder in the Heartland for Discovery ID, Cooper’s Treasure with Amblin Entertainment for Discovery, Cold Case Files with Blumhouse Television for A&E as well as Hacking the Wild for Science.

Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Original Programming for Xbox Entertainment Studios where he was challenged to jump start a digital platform's ambitious move into non-scripted filmmaking. In less than a year, he adapted flagship AAA games Age of Empires, Forza, and State of Decay into television formats and personally executive produced Xbox's first event series Every Street United(which, to-date, has tallied 50 million views and counting). He also executive produced Zak Penn's Atari: Game Over, and Greg Barker's The Thread.

Prior to Xbox, Mark worked at AMC where he oversaw their first launch into non-scripted programming in addition to advancing their non-fiction slate. He developed the hit shows Small Town Security, The Pitch, Talking Dead, Comic Book Men, and Making The Mob. He was also credited with rebuilding the AMC internal team and work-flow from the ground up.

Mark began his career at Sundance Channel where he developed a reputation for bold programming choices and strong creative instincts. During his tenure, Ari developed the hit series Iconoclasts, Architecture School, and Peabody winners, Nimrod Nation and Brick City. He also oversaw their feature documentary slate, producing more than 20 films including Alex Gibney's Human Behavior Experiments and D.A. Pennebaker's War Room Revisited.

Speaking on: Small Companies, Big Ideas