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Futurist Thomas Frey

"The greatest value in understanding the future comes from spotting the major cultural, demographic, societal, and economic shifts early and translating them into viable business opportunities." - Thomas Frey

As the Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the Da Vinci Institute, he has developed original research studies, which enables him to speak on unusual topics, translating trends into unique opportunities. 

Because of his work inspiring inventors and other revolutionary thinkers, the Boulder Daily Camera has referred to him as the "Father of Invention".  The Denver Post and Seattle Post Intelligence have referred to him as the "Dean of Futurists". 

Career Highlights

Before launching the Da Vinci Institute, Tom spent 15 years at IBM as an engineer and designer where he received over 270 awards, more than any other IBM engineer.  He is also a past member of the Triple Nine Society (High I.Q. society over 99.9 percentile). 

Tom has been a columnist for the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, and Boulder County Business Report, and is the author of the 1998 book "Inventions of Impact".  He currently writes a newsletter entitled "News from the Future" and has written numerous articles on a wide range of futurist topics.  He has also been a contributing writer for The Futurist Magazine and is the Editor of the Impact Lab, an online emerging technology blog which was recently rated by Popular Science Magazine as one of the "top five science blogs in the known universe". 

Books

Nanotechnology: The Future (CRC Press) February 2008

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