STEPHEN M. MILLETT
President and Founder, Futuring Associates LLC
smillett@futuringassociates.com
(614) 457-6632
Methods Expertise
- Consumer value mapping, trend analysis, historical analogies, facilitation of expert focus groups, and scenario generation
- Applying forecasts and strategic plans to new product development and innovation
- Leading teams and managing projects
- Communicating by business presentations, keynote addresses, classes, reports, and publications
Topic Expertise
- Long-term American consumer behavior and values
- Technology trends
- Public and higher education policy
Employment
Futuring Associates LLC, since 2007
- President and Founder
Social Technologies, 2006-2007
- Futurist and Director, Technology Foresight
Battelle Memorial Institute, 1979-2006
- Thought Leader and Futurist, International Technology Assessments (2003-2006)
- Thought Leader and Relationship Manager, Energy Products Division (1999-2003)
- Breakthrough Leader, the Breakthrough Center (1996-1999)
- Manager, the Battelle Technology Intelligence Program (1995-1997)
- Associate Manager, Technology Management Consulting Group (1992-1996)
- Manager of Forecasting and Strategic Planning Studies (1986-1992)
- Research Scientist and Principal Research Scientist (1979-1986)
United States Air Force, Active Duty, 2nd Lieutenant to Captain, 1971-1979
- Area Manager, AFJROTC and executive officer to the Area Commandant in the six-state Mid-West Area of Air Force ROTC, 1977-1979
- Assistant Professor, Humanities, at the fully accredited, resident graduate School of Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1973-1977
Adjunct Teaching Positions
- Adjunct faculty, MBA program, Franklin University, since 2009
- Senior Faculty Member, The Mershon Center for National Security Studies, The Ohio State University, 1979-1991
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of History, The Ohio State University, 1983-1984
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of History, The University of Dayton, 1974-1977
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of History, Wright State University, 1976
Education
- Ph.D., history, The Ohio State University (1972)
- M.A., history, The Ohio State University (1970)
- A.B., Miami University (1969)
Publications
Five books, including A Manager’s Guide to Technology Forecasting and Strategy Analysis Methods (Columbus, OH: Battelle Press, 1991) and Managing the Future (publication pending 2011); seven chapters in compiled books; and 33 professional journal and Web site publications [see Appendix A].
Patent
“Thermal water treatment,” U. S. Patent 6,835,307 (published December 28, 2004). Name listed third among nine inventors on the Battelle inventor team. Patent assigned to Battelle.
Keynote Addresses
Frequently invited keynote address speaker to professional meetings and conventions, including the keynote presenter at the annual international meeting of the World Futures Society in San Francisco in July 2003 [see Appendix A]
Professional Associations and Public Service
- Member, World Futures Society
- Contributing Editor, Strategy & Leadership
- Member At Large, State Board of Education of Ohio, January 2003 through December 2010
- President, Indian Springs Elementary School PTA, 1982-1983
- President, Mid-Ohio Scottish Heritage Association, 1991-1993
Enterprises
- Founder and President, Futuring Associates LLC, since 2007
- Licensed antique dealer, 1982-1987 and 1998 to 2009; co-proprietor, Crossroads Antique Shop, Powell, Ohio, 1983-1987.
- Publisher, Editor in Chief, and principal partner of US Scots Magazine, 1992-1997
Biographical sketch appears in the Marquis Who's Who in America, 2000 and subsequent years.