Jim Brazell
“... dynamic and riveting keynote speaker.” --Tim Bailey, Vice President & Conference Producer, Information Management Network (IMN), Endowments, Foundations, and Pension Funds
Jim Brazell is a technology forecaster, strategist, and public speaker focusing on innovation, transformation and what's next. His 2008 National School Board Association essay, "The Bellwether Sounds" was one of the early public voices proclaiming the need for a Sputnik-like awakening of the public to the importance of science and technology to the economy, education, society and national security. Jim's speeches and workshops have been well received for the past decade by a broad range of audiences.
In 2012, Jim's audiences include IMN Endowments, Foundations, Investors and Public Pension Fund Conferences, 72nd Annual National School Board Association Conference, Texas Workforce Commission, STEMtech League for Innovation in the Community College, NW Pennsylvania STEM, Tennessee STEM, Electronics Technician Association International, National Career Pathway Network, 84th Annual Michigan Industrial and Technology Education Society Convention, and 2012 Ed Expo & Dealer Conference.
Jim presented solutions to the financial crisis (2009) and energy sustainability (2007) at the International Conference of Technology Policy and Innovation as well as comments (2009) to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) calling for science, technology, engineering and mathematics-based vocational education.
Jim is a member of the Thornburg Center for Professional Development. He is a volunteer to NSF MATEC Networks webinar series, the 2012 Society for Design and Process Science conference committee and the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce IT Committee.
Jim is a 1995 George Gilder Fellow in High Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Bradley University. Jim resides in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife, Lisa Cervantes, and daughter, Ava Brazell.