Mike Walsh: Technology and Innovation Futurist, Keynote Speaker and Authority on Emerging Markets

Mike Walsh has been helping some of the world's leading companies and brands embrace new ideas, trends and technologies for the past decade, including: the rise of the Internet, mobile devices, social networking, audience networks, user generated content, ubiquitous networks and the "adaptive web." Founder and CEO of Tomorrow, a consumer innovation research lab, Mike Walsh advises the world's top corporations on what's coming next in their industry. Constantly traveling the world for the best ideas, he distills the most relevant insights into tailored keynotes that allow any audience to not only understand, but influence the future direction of their own business. Author of the best seller FUTURETAINMENT, Mike Walsh is a leading authority on the intersection of emerging technologies, consumer behavior and fast growth markets. Mike's latest book, The Divergence charts the rise of online consumers in these emerging markets and shows that tomorrow's Web will be radically different to conventional Western models requiring entirely new engagement strategies. His views have appeared in a wide range of international publications including BusinessWeek, and Forbes. Rather than focusing on the distant future, Mike focuses on the next five years - scanning the near horizon for disruptive technologies and consumer innovations on the verge of hitting critical mass - then translating these into usable business strategies. Publisher of the Disruptive Future blog read by thousands of professionals in the media and entertainment space, Mike Walsh's unique insights and operating experience in emerging markets, breakthrough innovation and business transformation, makes him an expert on the growing influence of consumers in BRIC countries. Always in demand for his fresh insights and practical future-focused strategies, Mike Walsh has advised the CEOs and senior management teams at multinational companies including: the BBC, Fujifilm, Richemont, MSN, Star TV, Televisa, Philips, and HSBC. As a global nomad, speaker and consumer trend scout, Mike Walsh brings a truly global perspective to every event. More About Speaker, Mike Walsh. . . Mike Walsh has been a pioneer in the digital space since the 1990s, running both successful start-up ventures as well as holding senior leadership positions in established media organizations. With a background in corporate law and management consulting, he began his career at a spin-off from McKinsey and one of the first digital consulting firms created to help major companies embrace the embryonic Web. During the first dotcom boom, Mike launched the technology publishing group internet.com in Australia, which went on to become the leading local technology news and events platform in the country. He also founded and ran Jupiter Research, one of the first research agencies to track the early adoption of e-commerce and digital business models by online consumers. During this period, he was recognized as one of Australia's "Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30." After his experiences in the Web space, Mike Walsh spent five years in senior strategy roles at News Corporation where he helped shape the digital strategy for both their Australian newspaper and Asian TV divisions. Directly engaged by the CEO of Star TV to provide the company with a digital roadmap for their operations, he began his in-depth research into the fast growth markets of Asia. While in Hong Kong and inspired by the dramatic changes taking place in China and India, Mike Walsh founded his latest venture - an innovation research lab focused on emerging technology and disruptive consumer behavior. Hire Mike Walsh to speak at your next event and help your organization embrace and harness the future, through BigSpeak Speakers Bureau. http://www.bigspeak.com/mike-walsh.html For information about BigSpeak, https://www.bigspeak.com/

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