Contractor/Consulting Analyst at IC2 Institute
San Antonio, Texas Area
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- CEO and Founder at Ventureramp, Inc.
- Past
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- Contractor/Consulting Analyst at IC2 Institute
- Consulting Analyst at The Schriever Institute
- Consulting Analyst at IC2.org
- Strategist at Kinzan.com
- CEO and Founder at Neoportals
- Founder at Cyberdesic.com
- Education
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- Bradley University
- San Antonio College
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Jim Brazell’s Summary
Jim Brazell is a technology forecaster, public speaker, group facilitator and technology and media strategist. His consulting and speaking topics include community competitiveness, educational innovation, emerging
technology, emerging jobs and emerging creative communities.
For the past five years, Jim has performed contract work
for the Innovation, Creativity and Capital Institute at the
University of Texas. This work has included publications of
emerging technology forecasts, analysis and strategy for
the state’s community and technical colleges. He has led
teams in the study, forecasting and design of video game
based learning systems for the Fort Hood Army Battle
Command Training Center and University XXI and Fort
Sam Houston’s Non-Commissioned Officers Academy. He
also performed high technology commercialization and
strategy work for the UTEN - University Technology Enterprise
Network at the University of Texas.
Brazell’s clients include think tanks, companies, universities,
community colleges, workforce boards, economic development organizations and K-12 schools. Since 2003, he
has participated in science, technology and arts education
advocacy, regional collaborative alliances, international
technology commercialization, international innovation
policy and science and technology forecasting.
Brazell’s mentor is Francis X. Kane (USAF. Col., ret.), a principal member of “Project Forecast,” one of the most comprehensive long-range assessments of military science and technology undertaken after the launch of Sputnik.
http://www.ventureramp.com
Jim Brazell’s Specialties:
Oratory, Teaching Teachers, Inspiring Leaders ad Do'ers, Thinking, Strategizing, On Boarding, Forecasting, Coaching Start Ups, Communicating across Employment, Education, Economic Development (E3), Science and Technology Research, Development and Commercialization and Civil Groups and Serious Gaming.
Jim Brazell’s Experience
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CEO and Founder
Ventureramp, Inc.
(Management Consulting industry)
April 2003 — Present (6 years 8 months)
VentureRamp, Inc.
Design-Create-Evolve
An integrated education, employment, entrepreneurship and economic development services company.
More on Jim's Speeches
http://www.ventureramp.com/V-Ramp_SpeakerPacket.pdf -
Contractor/Consulting Analyst
IC2 Institute
(Think Tanks industry)
April 2009 — September 2009 (6 months)
Working as a contractor to IC2.org on Portugal-US on science and technology commercialization. Working on creative cities research and strategies. Coaching entrepreneurs and tech transfer officers.
Transdisciplinary research paper accepted by International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation in July and Systems Design and Process Science transdisciplinary conference in November related to solutions to the financial crisis
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Consulting Analyst
The Schriever Institute
(Think Tanks industry)
January 2005 — January 2009 (4 years 1 month)
2009 continues with a meaningful dialog with Dr. Francis X. Kane (USAF ret.) about the future, the past and the present.
Co-founder spaceTEAMS
NASA Mars Mission RFI for Human Systems
NASA MMOG RFI for STEM Education and Space Careers -
Consulting Analyst
IC2.org
(Research industry)
June 2003 — October 2007 (4 years 5 months)
2003-2007 Contract Work
• Capable Manpower Future Naval Warfighting Capability, RFI
• NASA Mars Mission RFI, Training and Decision Support Systems
• Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Wireless Revolution: A Technology Forecast - Implications for Texas Community and Technical Colleges
• Digital Convergence Initiative: US and Global Economic Development in Multi-Sector Technology Industries and Implications for the San Antonio-Austin-Waco Corridor
• Gaming: A Technology Forecast - Implications for Texas Community and Technical Colleges
• Project Manager, Digital Warrior: Leveraging Digital Distance Training Environments
• University Technology Enterprise Network (UTEN) Commercialization assessment of Portuguese entrepreneurs and university IP, market assessments and match making between US and Portuguese inventors and entrepreneurs -
Strategist
Kinzan.com
(Internet industry)
February 1999 — February 2000 (1 year 1 month)
Kinzan is a independent software vendor with a web services platform used to develop and syndicate eBusiness applications across the business network--customers, partners and the enterprise.
Designed and deployed channel web strategy for First Data Management Services (FDMS), Centura Bank, Loancity.com, Wild Birds Unlimited, USA Gymnastics, and CPAserve.com.
Supported channel partners including iXL, marchFIRST and Agency.com with great success winning business for marchFIRST.
Represented Kinzan at national confernces and two University of Chicago School of Business School lectures hosted by the Round Table Group.
Communication Advisory Board, Dalbar Financial Services, Boston, MA, http://www.dalbar.com -
CEO and Founder
Neoportals
(Internet industry)
January 1998 — February 1999 (1 year 2 months)
Social bookmarking in 2009 parlance. We should have filed the patent Samir, Indrajeet, and Yogesh.
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Founder
Cyberdesic.com
(Internet industry)
February 1995 — October 1998 (3 years 9 months)
P&L responsibility with 32 web, IT, art and business strategy professional services staff. Grew the company from zero to $3.8MM in three years.
Projects
State Farm Phase Zero Launches: first global instantion of IBM's Web Sphere, Intranet for 17,000 insurance agents; glass claims processing; marketing catalog; and legislative mandates GIS.
Caterpillar Phase Zero Launches: first extranet for dealers; cat.com; Cat Racing; global used equipment auction; Digital Asset Management system; global dealer channel; extranet for collaborative engineering.
Creator of K 12 World serach engine. Speaker, EdNET Global Forum, London; the Asia Cyber Education Program, Singapore; EdNET, Canada; and, many of other education venues nationally.
Industry Advisor, Area III Learning Technology Hub in IL
Proposal Committee, The Learning Team, Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education (ESIE), NSF
Jim Brazell’s Education
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Bradley University
Bachelors of Science , Sociology (focus Sociology of Science) , 2003 — 2005
Summa Cum Laude, Phi Kappa Phi and Outstanding Sociology Student
- Activities and Societies:
- 1994, George Gilder Fellow, High Technology, Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Discovery Institute, Seattle, WA, http://www.discovery.org
1994, Principal Investigator, Interlabs http://interlabs.bradley.edu
1994, Principal Investigator, Sociology of Cyberspace http://lydia.bradley.edu/las/soc/syl/391/
1994, National Champion Persuasive Speaking, American Forensics Association
http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/speech/#
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San Antonio College
None , Speech , 2001 — 2003
President's Honor Roll
Vice President of Student Senate- Activities and Societies:
- 1991-1993, Sylvia Mariner Distinguished Speaker, Phi Rho Pi National Speech Tournament
1993, Battle of the Flowers Oratory Champion, Daughters of the Alamo, San Antonio, TX
Additional Information
Jim Brazell’s Websites:
Jim Brazell’s Interests:
Family, Technology, Art, Emerging forms of Human Expression, Collaboration, Commerce, Experience..
Jim Brazell’s Groups:
Automobile Manufacturing
Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC - NSF)
Texas Business Education Coalition (TBEC) STEM Committee
Robert E Lee HS Texas-STEM Academy, San Antonio
spaceTEAMS Advisory Board, San Antonio
TSTC Emerging Technologies Author and Analyst
Thornburg Center for Professional Development
E-100 Future of Innovation
Bradley Speech Team Alumni Network
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Game Based Learning -
TBEC STEM Action Team
Jim Brazell’s Honors:
Gilder's Fellow in High Technology and Public Policy
National Champion Collegiate Public Speaking
Battle of Flowers Historical Orator
Jim Brazell’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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