The machines are getting smarter,
but so is the data.

Highlights

Innovation. Throughout his career, Eric C. Haseltine has been helping organizations harvest the future by developing far-sighted technological solutions that deliver near-term value.

He is an expert on managing innovation processes, with deep experience in several industries. He’s done this in the defense and entertainment industries—for Hughes Aircraft, designing virtual reality technology for flight simulation, then Disney Imagineering as head of R&D; and ultimately, for the U. S. intelligence community as the Director of National Intelligence’s ‘CTO’.

User-centered design. Calling himself a ‘psycho-ecologist,’ with a Ph.D. in physiological psychology, Eric applies neuroscience to new technologies, using how the human brain naturally wants to interact with that technology to improve performance through enhanced user experience.

IP. Eric is also a leading authority on managing digital rights and protecting intellectual property.

Credentials. Eric Haseltine is President and Managing Partner, Haseltine Partners LLC. He was Director of Research at NSA and then Associate Director for Science and Technology for the Director of National Intelligence—essentially CTO for the entire U.S. intelligence community.

Before entering government service in 2001, Eric was Executive Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering, in charge of all R&D for Walt Disney Company, and director of engineering for Hughes Aircraft.

Eric has 15 patents in optics, special effects and electronic media, and more than 100 publications in science and technical journals, the web, and Discover Magazine.

The Future and the User

Eric Haseltine offers a view from the crow’s nest, a vision of what’s on the horizon and over the horizon, from two perspectives: navigation—where we need to be going; and steering—how do we get there?

Most technology futurists focus on the technology, the bitware—software, hardware, firmware, any kind of ware that isn’t neurons. But it’s the wetware—the neurons—that really matter. Technology is constantly changing, but human nature stays pretty much the same. As a neuroscientist and ‘psycho-ecologist,’ Eric extrapolates human nature where it intersects technology in the future. That intersection is where the opportunities and necessities are. Maximizing performance when you get there depends on providing for the human nature of the user.

Eric Haseltine is uniquely qualified to make the crucial connection: predict the technical requirements of the design and marry it to the needs of the user.

Credentials

• President and Managing Director, Haseltine Partners LLC
• Former Director of Research, National Security Agency
• Former Associate Director for Science and Technology, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• Former Executive Vice President, Walt Disney Imagineering
• Former director of engineering, Hughes Aircraft