Thomas Frey is the Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute, and is currently Google"s top-rated futurist speaker. As part of the celebrity speaking circuit, Tom continually pushes the envelope of understanding, creating fascinating images of the world to come. His keynote talks on futurist topics have captivated people ranging from high level government officials, to executives in Fortune 500 companies, to leaders around the world. Because of his work inspiring inventors and other revolutionary thinkers, the Boulder Daily Camera has referred to him as the "Father of Invention". The Denver Post and Seattle Post Intelligencer have referred to him as the "Dean of Futurists". Before launching the DaVinci Institute, Tom spent 15 years at IBM as an engineer and designer where he received over 270 awards, more than any other IBM engineer. He is also a past member of the Triple Nine Society (High I.Q. society over 99.9 percentile). Tom has been a columnist for the Rocky Mountain News, ColoradoBiz Magazine, the Futurist Magazine, and Morning Calm, the in-flight magazine for Korean Airlines. He is also the Editor of two top-rated blogs, the Impact Lab and FuturistSpeaker.com. Thomas is the author of popular book, Communicating with the Future and was recently named Innovation Editor for THE FUTURIST magazine.