I am an author and columnist, and write the Future Forwarded substack. I've written several books about technology, society, and geopolitics. I am a former columnist for several technology-, business- and economics-magazines about international business and management. I’ve been interviewed on economic, technology, and international business trends by: Bloomberg; the BBC; the Guardian Newspaper; Newsweek Magazine; The Economist; Monocle; National Public Radio (NPR); Marketplace (USA), Agence-France Presse, China Economic Review; Shanghai Business Review; the Foreign Correspondents Club (Shanghai), CCTV, Xinhua, and Your Story Media (India), BFM 89.9 (Malaysia), and others. Academic lectures I’ve provided have included audiences at: University of California, Irvine MBA Program; University of California, San Diego and Irvine MBA Programs; New York University Stern School of Business; IPADE Business School, Mexico City; University of Notre Dame MBA Program; Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business; University of Chicago, Booth School of Business; the Benelux Chamber of Commerce; the Australian Chamber of Commerce, the United States Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, and others. Project work and writing have taken me to China, several Southeast Asian countries, India, the UK and several European countries.
I am a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Theoretical Physics. I am currently working on a book tentatively titled Mythologies of Power: How Gods, Emperors, and Moguls Have Shaped Societies from Mesopotamia to Silicon Valley through Narrative.
