Press & Recognition — Ignition Labs

Recent Media — Automotive & AI

Podcast · Mostly Automotive (Silverback Advertising) "The AI Overhaul: Unlocking New Possibilities for Auto Dealers" — On how AI is reshaping marketing, operations, and the customer experience inside dealerships Podcast · Auto Hub Show Recurring guest — conversations on AI, dealership marketing, and the evolving customer journey

Speaking, Workshops & Training

Dealer Group Workshops AI adoption for dealerships — leading multi-rooftop groups through how to integrate AI into marketing, sales, and operations without breaking what already works

Internal AI Training Custom training programs for dealership teams — how to use AI tools daily, where they help, where they hurt, and how to keep the human judgment layer intact

Online Sales Training Courses and seminars on modern automotive sales — speed-to-lead, follow-up discipline, and closing in a world where the first touch happens online

Business Strategy Seminars Strategy workshops for dealer principals and executives — how to think about growth, attribution, and technology investment as a competitive advantage

Featured Publication

International Artist Magazine

A seven-page feature

A long-form feature documenting Steve Baylis's painting process — ten stages, six months per piece, thousands of marks layered with intention. The same creative discipline now applied to building companies and AI systems.

Art Press & Features — 2015–2019

Galleries West "Gateways to Contemplation" — Feature on solo exhibition at Ian Tan Gallery CBC Arts "In a world flooded with imagery, painter Steve Baylis uses abstract art to escape" VICE / Creators Project "Impressionist Dabbed Paintings Blur Color and Eyesight" Pratique des Arts (France) Issue 139 — Featured among the revealed results of the Concours PDA international competition

Selected Exhibitions

2019

Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver

Solo Exhibition — "Contemplated Realities"

2018

Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver

Solo Exhibition — "Manifestation of Intention"

2018

Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series

Finalist — Gallery Jones, Vancouver

2018

Firehall Art Centre, Vancouver

Exhibition

2015–2016

Federation Gallery, Vancouver

Multiple Awards — "Canvas Unbound," "Abstract," "Limitless"

Various

Harrison Galleries, Vancouver

Group Exhibitions

Published Work

Driving Dealership Growth

Unlocking the Keys to Automotive Marketing Victory

Published May 2023 · Ignition Labs Inc. · 200 pages

Available on Amazon

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Topics: AI in automotive, dealership transformation, cross-disciplinary founder stories, the art-to-technology arc.

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