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DANIEL BURRUS
Subjects
technology
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Daniel
Burrus is one of the
world's leading technology forecasters, and is the founder and CEO of
Burrus Research Associates, Inc., a research and consulting firm that
specializes in global innovations in science and technology, their
creative application and future impact. The New
York Times has referred to him as one of America's top three business
"gurus" in the highest demand as a speaker. He has delivered
over 1,800 keynote speeches to corporations, associations, and
professional organizations worldwide.
Since 1983, he has
established an exceptional record of accurately predicting the future of
technological change. He has helped hundreds of clients develop successful
competitive strategies based on the creative application of leading-edge
technologies.
Mr. Burrus' client list
includes a wide range of industries, including many Fortune 500 companies
such as GE, Lucent Technologies, Du Pont, Bell Atlantic, Toshiba, Bank
One, Andersen Consulting, Exxon, and Sara Lee.
He produces a variety
of technology publications, including the Technotrends®
Newsletter, and is the author of six books including the highly
acclaimed book Technotrends, which
has been translated into over a dozen languages. In addition, he will have
a major new book release due in 2000.
His interest in
research became apparent in his third year of college when he became one
of the first undergraduates in the nation to direct a federal research
grant. He has founded and managed five businesses in a variety of fields,
and as a highly successful entrepreneur he knows how to translate research
findings into practical business advantages.
In his presentations,
Mr. Burrus blends timely and provocative information with just the right
amount of humor and motivation to help his audiences understand how to
make a rapidly changing business environment a competitive advantage by
getting all members of an organization involved in creatively
utilizing the new tools of technology.
A
Partial
List of Predictions by Daniel Burrus:
Prediction
Date
1983
The digital revolution of the 1990's
1983
Identified fiber optics as the broadband medium of choice
1983
Technology would increasingly be the main driver of future economic
growth and value creation
1984
Sequencing of the human
gene
code by the end of century
1984
All PC's will use an icon (Windows) interface by 1990
1985
Interactive Television (Web TV)
1986
Client server technology and groupware
1988
Business use of the Internet
1993
On-line bookstores
1995
The Web will spawn the biggest revolution of our lifetime
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