Michael Barnard (Canada) is the Chief Strategist at TFIE Strategy Inc. He is a technology strategy consultant working with existing organizations, startups and investors. He has held leadership positions in North America, Asia and Latin America and brings a global point of view. A pragmatic optimist, he uses insights from engineering, science and behavioral economics to determine strong go-forward options and actionable decision making. He publishes regularly in multiple outlets on innovation, business, technology and policy. As editor of The Future is Electric he tracks key global trends in innovation, business and technology. As editor of designing for health he. publishes at the intersection of the built environment, communicable diseases and climate change He regularly publishes in sites including Newsweek, Slate, Forbes, Huffington Post, Quartz, CleanTechnica and RenewEconomy.