About the International Institute for Future Industries
Our Organization
At the International Institute for Future Industries, our mission is to conduct thorough research and analysis of innovative technology sectors, especially as they are combined to create solutions, reengineer processes, and rethink business models and customer value. We focus on technologies that will define the future including AI, robotics, quantum computing, space, and advanced materials. Our commitment lies in fostering innovation and providing insights that lead to a focused strategy that acknowledges technology trends, and practical applications with significant commercial impact.
The Institute is organized as a dynamic, loosely coupled network of global collaborators, each specialists in their own field, under the direction of the Institute Chairman, Joe Weinman.
IIFI Chair
The Institute is currently chaired by Joe Weinman, who has decades of experience as a senior executive in high tech. Known for his seminal work in cloud computing economics, he has also defined and led the innovation process for the (then) world's largest company and patented numerous inventions in distributed computing, wireline and wireless communications, and related technologies such as encryption.
Featured Team Members
The Institute relies on a virtual network of the leading global thinkers, who are experts in emerging technologies, financial and business analysis, successful project and program execution.
Roger Camrass
Principal Consulting Analyst
A pioneer of today’s Internet, whilst working as an ARPA Research Fellow at MIT in the seventies, Roger has devoted his 50-year career to the application of successive waves of digital technologies to product innovation, organisational transformation, and, most recently, to enhancing the Human Experience through AI.
His career has incorporated three progressive roles, from founding a start-up in the eighties, through consulting partnerships with A D Little and EY in the nineties, to executive positions in world-leading companies such as Fujitsu and Wipro. He is the author of Atomic: reforming the business landscape into the new structures of tomorrow.
Ric Merrifield
Principal Consulting Analyst
Currently the CEO of HyPower Hydrogen, Ric helps organizations architect, design, and implement large projects. Merrifield has written and spoken extensively about Business Architecture where he holds several patents. He is also a best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and Harvard Business Review contributor.
He is a strategic advisor and business leader with 25+ years of experience leading digital and business transformation strategy, design, delivery, and process reengineering across multiple industries. At Disney, he led the custom software program for the US$1 billion MagicBand project. At Starbucks, he designed the Starbucks Mobile Order and Pay Solution. He also led the program to optimize NASA TASAR software to be enterprise grade for commercial aviation. He has also had critical roles at FedEx, Microsoft, MTM, Onyx Software, and a large financial services company.
Rob Moon
Principal Consulting Analyst
Rob is a management consultant who guided three Nike transformation programs as well as related initiatives. Over 24 years of consulting, Nike’s stock grew by 4000%.
As a strategy and reengineering expert, he has also led operations, strategy, technology, organization, and innovation initiatives at Apple Computer, Mondelez, Chevron, Avnet, American Eagle Outfitters, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, a large telco, a Japanese investment bank, and other Fortune 500 clients.
He is currently writing Power Your People, They Power Your Projects: How Nike Elevated Its People to Create the Future, and How You Can, Too!
Andy Singleton
Principal Consulting Analyst
Andy is a software company founder with multiple successful exits, system architect, and innovation expert. He is an expert in crypto, blockchain, and artificial intelligence, and is currently building a new generation of apps using AI services.
Prior successes include selling Assembla, which returned 25x to investors, and PowerSteering, an enterprise SaaS company.
He also has built advisory products for Bloomberg, Reuters, and Citibank, and ran machine learning and genetic algorithms for trading. His hardware designs include the world's first voice mail system, and the world's largest genetic programming cluster.
Sarah Davis
Financial Modeling Director
Sarah has decades of experience in finance and accounting for leading global corporations as well as expertise in investments and family office strategies.
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We invite researchers, technologists, and industry leaders to collaborate with us as we explore the future of innovation. Together, we can pave the way for advancements that will shape industries worldwide.
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