MISSION

Global Tinker’s mission is to prepare children around the world for the 21st Century by fostering creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking skills.

Global Tinker produces and distributes engaging content that promotes S.T.E.A.M. skill sets, growth mindset, and social emotional learning, all of which are created in concert with award-winning producers, world-class educators, and top technologists.

SEP RIAHI AND LINDSEY OWEN ACCEPTING ASPEN INSTITUTE'S PLANET MEDIA AWARD - MIAMI, MARCH '24

OLIVIA LEVENSON AND SEP RIAHI ACCEPTING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION VITAL PRIZE AWARD - DC, FEB '24

OLIVIA LEVENSON PROMOTING 'THE PAPER GIRLS SHOW ORIGAMI CRAFT BOOK' WITH FOX CHAPEL PUBLISHING - NY TOY FAIR, SEP '23

GLOBAL TINKER PRESENTING AT HARVARD'S SAUL ZAENTZ INNOVATION CHALLENGE, CAMBRIDGE, MA - APRIL 2023

GLOBAL TINKER PRESENTING AT THE SCIENCE SUMMIT FOR ALL, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - APRIL 2023

GLOBAL TINKER PRESENTING AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION, ATLANTA, GA - MARCH 2023

GLOBAL TINKER PRESENTING AT THE NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR THE GIFTED & TALENTED, WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 2023

GLOBAL TINKER’S SEP RIAHI ON THE 2019 KIDSCREEN SUMMIT PANEL “USING YOUR POWERS FOR GOOD”, ALONGSIDE COMPANIES CARTOON NETWORK, GAMES FOR CHANGE, FEDERATION KIDS AND FAMILY, AND SKY KIDS (MIAMI 2019)

SEP RIAHI ACCEPTING THE BEST WEB SERIES AWARD AT THE 2018 KIDSCREEN SUMMIT (MIAMI 2018)

GLOBAL TINKER’S OLIVIA LEVENSON ACCEPTING THE AWARD FOR BEST TV ANIMATED SHORT AT THE PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (PALM SPRINGS 2017)

About Global Tinker’s Founders

Sep Riahi is a multi-award-winning executive producer and CEO at Global Tinker, with over 20 years experience in media and business management. His experience includes leading divisions and starting successful global ventures at Sony Pictures and Sesame Workshop, as well as lastminute.com – Europe’s most successful e-commerce brand.

Olivia Levenson Korchagin is a multi-award-winning creative producer & co-founder at Global Tinker. She is an inaugural fellow at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop’s Design for Well-being Fellowship and former Director of Development at the Children’s Media Association.