Jim Brazell is a Texas technology forecaster, strategist, and public speaker focused on innovation and transformation. For two decades, Jim has been ahead of the curve in predicting technology, market, industry, and education trends. Today, he is a member of the Thornburg Center for Professional Development. Clients for his forecasting and professional development work include Global 100 companies, state governments, educational institutions, and nonprofits.
In 2011, Jim delivered 30 speeches to audiences including keynotes for the Texas Economic Recovery Conference, Florida Futures Forum, California Science Teachers Association, 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.
As an analyst to the IC2 Institue (Innovation, Creativity and Capital Institute at The University of Texas at Austin) and the Texas State Technical College System (2002-2009), Jim led research and development projects, including analysis of emerging international high-technology regions; international technology commercialization; technology forecasting; design of video games for military training and workforce preparation; and robot/math education in the state of Texas. Jim is known as a boundary spanner and a big-picture thinker who connects the worlds of innovation, workforce, education, entrepreneurship, economic development, and R&D.
Jim has presented papers at international academic conferences including next generation STEM learning (Society for Design and Process Science, 2012), solutions to the financial crisis (2009), and energy sustainability (2007) at the International Conference of Technology Policy and Innovation.
Jim has served as a volunteer with the Defense Learning Strategies Consortium; the National Science Foundation’s Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative; the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Committee; the Corridor NanoBioTech Summit; and the San Antonio Information Technology and Security Academy. Today, Jim volunteers with the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce’s information technology committee, MATEC NSF Networks, Enzoology: Exploration Nation, and the Society for Design and Process Science.
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. At Bradley University, Jim was the co-principal investigator of Interlabs, the sociology of cyberspace course and the social informatics minor.
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