Daren Brabham is VP Research at Futurum, supporting the Futurum Research AI Platforms and Data Intelligence, Analytics, and Infrastructure Practices. Before joining Futurum, he was VP Research Analyst at ETR and served as a tech industry analyst at Gartner. He spent the first half of his career as a professor in journalism schools and published research on crowdsourcing and online communities. He earned a master’s and Ph.D. in communication from the University of Utah and a bachelor’s degree from Trinity University. Daren enjoys cooking, collecting contemporary art, and attending music festivals. For the past 25 years, he has volunteered for the American Legion Texas Boys State program.