Shawn DuBravacSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

He is the president and creator of Astra Insights, which offers CxOs with consultancy, research, and advisory services on a variety of themes such as digital transformation strategies, business model disruptors, the velocity of technology change, and overcoming myopia. DuBravac was the chief economist for the Consumer Technology Organisation (CTA), the U.S.

trade association representing over 2,000 consumer technology businesses and the owner and producer of CES, for almost a decade. DuBravac has written extensively on technology, finance, and economics. His acute insights into the global IT industry's economic forces and future trends have made him a highly sought-after keynote speaker and analyst.

DuBravac travels worldwide and locally to meet with executives in the technology business and present on technological trends and the economy. His opinion has also featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, Wired, The Los Angeles Times, Barron's, and on-air with CNBC, Bloomberg, CBS, and other media sources.

He was the driving force behind the smartphone and cyber-security stock indexes established in collaboration with NASDAQ, as well as the CTA consumer confidence index. DuBravac was selected on Dealerscope's list of 40 under 40 individuals to watch in the consumer technology market in 2012.

He is a member of the National Association of Business Economists and the Conference of Business Economists' president. DuBravac has taught in the MBA programs at George Washington University, George Mason University, the University of Mary Washington, and Marymount University. He has degrees in economics from Brigham Young University and George Mason University.

DuBravac and his three boys live in Virginia. He may be found climbing 14ers, running marathons, and coaching young sports when he is not assisting executive teams in unlocking new ideas.