Tod Maffin

Mobile Commerce: The Coming Wave
Ecommerce and Other Myths of the Digital Economy
Take a Walk on the Wired Side
Learning in a Digital World: How Kids Are Learning New Ways to Learn
New Rules: Reputation Management in a Wired Society
Technology Trends
Industry Trends
Marketing in the New Media
Our National Social Sector: Opportunities of the Future

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      Tod Maffin is "one of Canada’s most influential futurists" according to the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business magazine.
       He is President and CEO of MindfulEye.com, an artificial intelligence company in Seattle and Vancouver he founded in January 1999. Today, the company is publicly traded and valued at ~USD$100 million.
       A former broadcast journalist who entered college at 15 and was teaching university-level courses at 21, Mr. Maffin is a leading international authority on the future of technology in business, media, and society.
       Dynamic and brimming with an astounding level of energy, Mr. Maffin’s fun, jargon-free keynote presentations about electronic commerce, change management, and the future of technology keep him in high demand at conferences internationally.

Before launching MindfulEye.com, his e-business consulting practice's client list included Ericsson, AT&T, Mackenzie Financial, RE/MAX, Telus, Agriculture Canada, the Vancouver School Board, and dozens others

He is a columnist for the Vancouver Sun and Business in Vancouver, and regularly contributes his insights on computing and the Internet to media organizations such as CBC Radio, the National Post magazine, Globe and Mail, CTV National News, The Wall Street Journal, NBC, and dozens of others.

He is editor of The Future File, a web site and twice-monthly newsletter, followed closely by more than 30,000 readers, including national business journalists and senior managers in the information technology field. He hosts The Future File radio show, a twice-daily feature about technology’s impact on our lives.

He is one of the world's most frequently quoted experts on mobile commerce and the emerging wireless economy, penning a newsletter called MobileCommerce.org

He is the International Project Coordinator for the Nanotechnology Dream Team, a global body of scientists and academics working to develop the world's first atomic-scale computer.

He was invited by the Government of Cuba to plan and install the country’s first citizen-based national electronic mail system - a task he accomplished single-handedly on the ground in nine days.

He was one of the Internet’s first webmasters, creating a site ranked 7th best in the world, beating out heavyweights such as Microsoft, Sony, and AT&T. Since then, his work has resulted in many of the most effective and well-visited corporate web sites currently living on the information highway.

He sits on the advisory board for Microcell Solutions Inc. (Fido-brand PCS phones) and TechBC University; lectures at several universities, is a director of the National Advertising Benevolent Society; a member of the Vancouver Board of Trade, the Canadian Public Relations Society, and the American Marketing Association.

"The feedback on your presentation has been excellent. You were the hit of the conference with a 97% rating. Your combination of a witty presentation with interesting information was very well received by the delegates. There were
many requests that we invite you back."

Canadian Finance & Leasing Association

"From the many positive comments noted, it is clearly apparent that for many of the delegates your presentation was one of the highlights, it not the highlight, of the conference.

Government Finance Officers Association

"Tod Maffin was absolutely wonderful and kept our customers enthralled with his views on the future of technology and how it will affect our business and personal lives. He was insightful, entertaining, and thought-provoking. I still have customers calling me to tell me how much they enjoyed the presentation and how much they took away from it!

Multiview Financial Software Corporation

"A special note should go to Tod Maffin, whose session on e-commerce drew a significant number of attendees. I found Tod personal, professional, and easy to deal with throughout the planning stages and on-site at the Conference."

BC Automobile Dealers

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