Tom Campbell

Thomas A. Campbell, Ph.D. — recognized senior analyst and researcher in emerging and disruptive technologies — is the Founder and CEO of FutureGrasp, a global advisory group that works with organizations to identify policy and business opportunities and implications from emerging and disruptive technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced materials. He is also the Co-director of LEAP Manufacturing, which works with leading US Government agencies and the private sector to develop innovation ecosystems in emerging technologies, such as energy storage, biotechnology, and robotics and automation. From 2015 to 2017, Tom was the first National Intelligence Officer for Technology with the National Intelligence Council in the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Tom’s insights have informed senior policymakers, enabled millions of dollars of industry and academic funding, broken ground in several new research areas, and kept diverse groups abreast of the rapid pace and implications of technology change. His career encompasses national and international experience in government, academia, industry, startups, and national laboratories. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Council on Competitiveness (a leading think tank in Washington, D.C.), and a Special Advisor to BootstrapLabs (a top venture capital firm focused on Applied AI in San Francisco, CA). Tom is a recipient of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, granted to global researchers for post-doctoral research in Germany. Living in Freiburg, Germany for 16 months, he executed all his research in the German language. Tom holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a B.E. (Magna Cum Laude with Honors) in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.