BIO - Jim Brazell
Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 07:10PM "I cannot thank you enough for coming out and participating in our US First opening ceremonies on Saturday. Your speech was a perfect fit."--Patrick Felty, US FIRST ALAMO Regional Director
Jim Brazell is a technology forecaster, strategist, and public speaker focusing on innovation, transformation and what's next. In 2011, Jim delivered 30 speeches to audiences including keynotes for the Texas Economic Recovery Conference, Florida Futures Forum, National Career Pathway Network Conference, League for Innovation in the Community College STEMtech, National School Board Legislative Network Luncheon and the 25h Annual Career Conference in Wisconsin.
Jim has authored several emerging technology forecasts and briefs for the Innovation Creativity and Capital Institute and the Texas State Technical College Program for Emerging Technologies. These forecasts analyze the role of emerging technologies and deliver forward-looking recommendations to schools, workforce and economic development practitioners and industry. Jim has also presented solutions to the financial crisis (2009) and energy sustainability (2007) at the International Conference of Technology Policy and Innovation.
Jim is a member of the Thornburg Center for Professional Development. He is a volunteer to NSF MATEC Networks webinar series, Society for Design and Process Science conference committee and the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce IT Committee. Jim has pre-released a draft of his forthcoming book free at the The Art of the Future online.
Jim is a 1995 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Bradley University with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology. He is a 1994 George Gilder Fellow in High Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy. At Bradley University, Jim was the co-principal investigator of Interlabs, the sociology of cyberspace course and the social informatics minor. Jim resides in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife, Lisa Cervantes, and daughter, Ava Brazell.
Audience Quotes
"On October 18, 2005, I had the opportunity to hear Jim Brazell.. as the speaker at the Harvard Business School breakfast. Jim spoke on the implications of emerging technology and science to education and the workforce. It was one of the most impressive presentations I have ever attended." --General Robert F. McDermott (1920-2006), Founding Dean of the US Air Force Academy, Chairman and CEO USAA
“The workshop with Bob Allen and Jim Brazell is the most unique and imaginative format for group learning I have experienced.” --Stephanie Stewart, Executive Director, New York Association of Career and Technical Ed Administrators
"Jim’s keynote speeches have been a catalyst for STEM workforce, education and economic development innovation in Texas.” Kaki Leyens, Office of Employer Initiatives, Texas Workforce Commission
"It is always great to know what STEM skill sets are being forecasted... which... [allows] us to be pro-active, vs. being reactive." --Patricia Talbott, Ed.D., Higher Education Consultant, Michigan DOE, OCTE, MATEC Networks Webinar