Catherine D. Henry

tech Futurist, author, keynote speaker

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Biography

tech Futurist, author, keynote speaker

Catherine D. Henry is a renowned Futurist, and multi-award-winning expert in ​emerging technologies from the Metaverse and spatial computing to AI, enterprise ​innovation & Web3.


Catherine advises Fortune 500 brands on emerging tech marketing and interactive ​media: she specializes in Gen Z online culture.


Deploying her skills as an economist with 15 years in banking as an institutional ​investment advisor she identifies "megatrends," identifying future trends and how ​technology will transform the future of work so companies can best position ​themselves for success.


With an MBA in Marketing, and a Master’s degree in Economics Catherine D. Henry is ​known for her strategic vision - combining frontier technologies, culture, and digital ​anthropology. She identifies how online behaviors today will affect your business ​tomorrow.


A leading African American technologist, she is an inspiring, eloquent and engaging ​speaker whose thought leadership and business acumen add value to any event from ​large conferences to private, C-suite briefings.


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Consulting

Helping Fortune 1000 companies stay technologically innovative, and culturally relevant so ​they can stay competitive.

Consulting

Cultural attention is a precious intangible asset.




It’s what drives people to your brand, raises your equity and sustains ​sales. It’s the buzz that keeps people wanting to be part of your brand ​and wondering what you’ll do next.


Leveraging a deep knowledge of brand activations across gaming and ​3D platforms, the top trending gaming/retail subcultures, and gen Z and ​gen alpha online behaviors for your company:






AI Advisors, Virtual avatars, game worlds, brand ​games, web3 loyalty are a precursor of emerging ​subcultures that will become mainstream 5-10 ​years from now: are you ready?

Consulting services:

  • C-Suite briefings: tech forecasting, business ​landscape & competitive audit and gap analysis.


  • Delivering an in-depth assessment of new ​technologies and how they can benefit your ​business.


  • Developing a clear strategy to help you navigate ​new platforms and technologies from AI to ​spatial and VR.


  • Clarifying how your brand can be culturally ​relevant and effectively engage with your target ​customers.


Spatial Commerce Consulting

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Spatial commerce in virtual reality and gaming platforms represents a new and ​growing opportunity for brands to extend their presence and gain new clients. ​Similarly, physical experiences are in-demand, especially by young consumers who ​crave social experiences that they can simultaneously share online.


Let us help you design relevant, engaging experiences - online, and in-store - that ​drive conversion and social buzz.



Virtual Natives

Virtual Natives

How a New Generation is Using Technology to Revolutionize Work, Play, and Culture

Wiley, 2023

The definitive book on Gen Alpha, ​tech, media and culture.

We’re living through what is arguably one of the most exciting, ​confusing, and powerful social moments in the history of humanity, ​the shift from the Digital Age to the Virtual Age. This shift is being ​driven by technology, and the people who are leading it are the ones ​who know it best: the Virtual Natives.


Suddenly, and out of nowhere, we find ourselves bombarded from all ​sides by terms like Generative Artificial Intelligence, Avatars, ​Metaverse, VR, AR, NFTs, virtual assets, and collectibles. Crypto, ​DeFI, Web3, ChatGPT, and deepfakes now dominate the common ​lexicon.


This book will introduce you to the Virtual Native cohort and mindset, ​decipher their socio-cultural and economic experiences, and unpack ​their expectations of companies looking to engage, market, employ, ​or parent them.


To understand the future, read Virtual Natives.


2023-2024 Awards & Speaking Engagements

SXSW 2023, ​2024

Austin, Texas

15 Seconds - Keynote

Salzburg, Austria 2023

The Economist Conference

San Jose, California

Awards

Campaign Magazine: Top 40 Americans in Media, 2023

Ad Age Magazine: Web3 Trailblazers, 2023


FastTech Intelligence

Report Series

Following is a sample of dozens of research reports

on leading technologies, all researched, written, designed, and ​published by Catherine D. Henry.


Links are available to download the contents

in both pdf and video formats.



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Intelligence Report Series

a series of tech forecasts & reports

researched, written, designed by Catherine d. henry

Catherine D. Henry

Catherine D. Henry is one of the top global experts on emerging tech marketing and ​interactive media: she specializes in Gen Z online culture. A strategic advisor to Boards and ​executive management teams, Catherine is shaping how the world’s most successful ​companies will enter, market, and monetize this new media landscape.


Executive Briefing Sessions & Talks:


  • Wearable Tech & AI: What to expect next.
  • Spatial Commerce: What the Apple Vision Pro means for business.
  • Chatbots, Avatars and...Virtual Girlfriends? How AI will change our lives.
  • Relevant Retail: Interpreting your Brand for Today’s Consumers
  • Brand Loyalty and Web3 Strategies for Brands & Cultural Institutions.
  • Gen Z, Gen Alpha & Gaming: Identity at play

Futurist & Inno​vation Stra​tegist

  • Gen Z, Money & the Future of Work
  • Where and How Gen Alpha Consumes Content (and what they really want!)
  • Context, Content & Cultural Relevance for Brands and Institutions.
  • Interactive Engagement: authentic engagement strategies, online and off.

Catherine D. Henry

tech Futurist, author, keynote speaker


-Strategic Tech Advisory

-Cultural Capital Evaluation

-Keynote Presentation

-Board Briefing

-Executive Consultation

Booking a meeting today:

hello@catherinedhenry.com

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