This is why Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Paul Jacobs, Justin Rattner, Steve Ballmer, Bill Janeway, and many other global intellectual, policy, and business leaders have become SNS Members.Since its 1995 inception, SNS has evolved into a global force, expressed partly through a remarkable membership, which works in three modes: to research and describe missing strategic insights into what is happening now, to accurately predict what is to be expected in the next 3-5 years, and to rally interest – when appropriate – in accelerating the benign trends that matter most. In this way, SNS and its members have led a movement beginning with unbiased research in computing and communications, into global integration of markets and trends, and finally culminating in appropriate actions.

As a group, we believe that technology drives the global economy. For that reason, we find our work now at the center of leverage for global leaders in every economic and policy segment. Active areas of discussion include, but are not limited to: Computing, Communications, Chip Design, Cleantech, Security and Economic Cyberwar, Fixing Healthcare, Ocean Health, Global Warming, and Cloud Infrastructure.

Visit the SNS website now.

Berit Anderson, Programs Director, FiRe Events

Evan Anderson, CEO, INVNT/IP

Mark Anderson, Founder and CEO, Strategic News Service; Founding Member, Coventry Computer; and Chair, Future in Review Conference Corp.

Sharon Anderson Morris, SNS Sr. Programs Director and CEO, FiReFilms

Sally Anderson, Editor-in-Chief and Production Manager for Strategic News Service, FiRe Events, and FiReFilms, and FiReBooks

Denyse Hudson, Executive Assistant to CEO Mark Anderson, Strategic News Service

Scott Schramke, CTO, Strategic News Service

Advisory Board:

Ty Carlson, CTO, Pattern Computer

Russell Daggatt, Founding General Partner, Denny Hill Capital

Cynthia Figge, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, CSRHUB and EKOS International

Scott Foster, Partner, TAP Japan; Author, Stealth Japan; and SNS Asia Editor and Alliance Partner, Translink

William H. Janeway, Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus New York and Cambridge

Dan Lynch, Chair, Lynch Enterprises

Bill McAleer, Partner, Voyager Capital

Nathan McDonald, President, Keiretsu Forum Northwest

Matt McIlwain, Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group

Gregory Ness, Founder, Actium Bay Group

John Petote, Founder, Santa Barbara Angel Alliance

Michael Pfeffer, CEO, Gabriel USA Inc.

Gary Roshak, Managing Director, Synthesis Works

Larry Smarr, Founding Director, Calit2, UC San Diego / UC Irvine

Steve Waite, Co-Founder, Graphene Stakeholders Assoc.

Jean Wooldridge, Founder, St. Cloud Communications

Ambassadors:

Ambassador for Asia Research – Scott Foster, Partner, TAP Japan; Author, Stealth Japan; and SNS Asia Editor

Ambassador for Communications – Simon Hackett, Chairman, RedFlow, and former Managing Director, Internode

Ambassador for Economics – William H. Janeway, Managing Director and Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus (London & New York)

Ambassador for Education – David Engle, Director of US Operations, SNS Project Inkwell; and (fmr.) Superintendent, Port Townsend Public School District

Ambassador for Ocean Health – Roger Payne, Founder and President, Ocean Alliance (Vermont and New Zealand)

Ambassador for Science Fiction – David Brin, Physicist and Author

Ambassador for Wireless Research – Chetan Sharma, President, Chetan Sharma Consulting

Ambassador for Documentary Films – Geralyn Dreyfous, Co-Founder/Director-at-Large, Impact Partners; and Founder, Utah Film Center

Ambassador for Cloud Computing – Gregory Ness, VP Marketing, Vidder

Ambassador for Angel Investing – John Petote, Founder, Santa Barbara Angel Alliance

Ambassador for Pure Science – Larry Smarr, Founding Director, Calit2 (a UCSD / UCI partnership)

ACHIEVEMENT Awards:

2016 Interpreting the Indecipherable – Ed Butler, Senior Broadcast Journalist, BBC

2016 Company of the Year – Hyperloop Transportation Technologies

2016 Seeing IT – Chris Johnson, Director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute; and Distinguished Professor, School of Computing, University of Utah

2016 Freedom Fighter – Andrew Wallis OBE, CEO, Unseen (UK)

2016 Securing Our Future – Richard Marshall, CEO, X-SES Consultants LLC

_______

2015 Global Instigator for Good – Kamran Elahian, Global VC, Entrepreneur Without Borders, and World Philanthropist; and Chairman, Global Catalyst Partners

2015 Director, Best Documentary – Louie Psihoyos, Racing Extinction

2015 Entrepreneur of the Year – Nancy Stagliano, CEO, True North Therapeutics Inc.

_______

2014 World-Changing Documentary – Michael Rossato-Bennett, Director, Alive Inside

2014 Above and Beyond – Hugh-Bradlow, Chief Scientist, Telstra Corp.

2014 Pioneer in Global Change – Larry Smarr, Founding Director, Calit2, UC San Diego/UC Irvine and the Qualcomm Institute

2014 Creating New International Innovators – Guy Groff, (fmr.) Associate VP, Professional Management and Career Development, Thunderbird School of Global Management

_______

2013 Company of the Year – Graphene Technologies (CEO, Jon Myers)

2013 CEO of the Year – a title=”About Leroy Hood” href=”/topics/leaders/Leroy-Hood”>Leroy Hood, President, Institute for Systems Biology

2013 Entrepreneur of the Year – Kevin Montgomery, CEO, Collaborate.org

2013 Philanthropist of the Year – Paul Shoemaker, (fmr.) Executive Director, Social Venture Partners

_______

2012 Company of the Year – Nuance Communications

2012 CEO of the Year – Paul-Jacobs, (fmr.) Qualcomm

2012 Entrepreneur of the Year – Colin Angle, CEO, iRobot

2012 Philanthropist of the Year – Don Budinger, Founding Director, The Rodel Foundations

_______

2011 Entrepreneur of the Year – Simon Hackett, Director, RedFlow; and former Managing Director, Internode

_______

2009 Entrepreneur of the Year – Elon Musk, CEO and CTO, SpaceX; CEO and Product Architect, Tesla Motors; and Chair, SolarCity

Berit Anderson
Programs Director, SNS FiRe Events
E-mail: berit@stratnews.com

Mailing Address
SNS Conference Corp.
P.O. Box 1969
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Phone: 360-378-8628