Erica Driver is a co-founder and principal at ThinkBalm. She is a leading industry analyst and consultant with 15 years of experience in the IT sector. She is quoted in mainstream and industry trade press including the Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CIO, and Computerworld. Prior to co-founding ThinkBalm, Erica was a principal analyst at Forrester Research, where she launched the company’s Web3D coverage as part of her enterprise collaboration research. She was also the co-conspirator behind Forrester’s Information Workplace concepts and research. While at Forrester, Erica served as a strategic advisor to a wide range of clients including Alcoa, Bell Canada, Dominion Resources, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, Marriott, Microsoft, Raytheon, Roche, the United Nations, and the U.S. General Services Administration. Prior to her tenure at Forrester, she was a Director at Giga Information Group (now part of Forrester) and an analyst at Hurwitz Group (now Hurwitz & Associates). She began her career in IT as a system administrator and Lotus Notes developer. Erica is a graduate of Harvard University.
Upcoming appearances
- 3DTLC, San Jose CA, Sept. 23-24, 2009
- Best Events Expo, Boston MA, Oct. 5, 2009
Recent presentations
- Providence Geeks dinner, Wed. July 15th, 2009 at AS220 in Providence, RI. Presenting about ThinkBalm and giving live tour of ThinkBalm Data Garden in Second Life.
- Pecha Kucha Night Providence, Wed. July 22nd, 2009 at Bravo Brasserie Restaurant in Providence, RI. Presenting about the ThinkBalm Data Garden.
- Serious Second Life Meetup #26, June 25, 2009 in Second Life. Gave tour of ThinkBalm Data Garden.
- Train for Success, June 18, 2009 in Second Life. Gave tour of ThinkBalm Data Garden. Click here to listen to the audio recording.
- Tonight Live with Paisley Beebe, June 7, 2009 in Second Life. Presented highlights of ThinkBalm Immersive Internet Business Value Study, Q2 2009 on Second Life talk show.
- Metanomics, May 27, 2009 in Second Life. Presented highlights of ThinkBalm Immersive Internet Business Value Study, Q2 2009 during “Connecting the Dots” segment.
- 3DTLC (3D Training, Learning, and Collaboration), Washington DC, April 20-21, 2009
- McCormick Foundation Specialized Reporting Institute: Reporting in Virtual Spaces hosted by Washington State University, Pullman WA, April 6, 2009
- 2009 Defense GameTech and Connections Conference, Orlando FL (via Second Life), March 11, 2009
- Serious Second Life Meetup #22, Tour of ThinkBalm sim on the OpenSim grid ReactionGrid, February 26, 2009
- Serious SL Meetup, Oct. 23, 2008 in Second Life. Presented proof points for enterprise Immersive Internet investments.
- Metanomics, Oct. 6 in Second Life. Erica joined Andy Mallon of the Social Research Foundation and Robert Bloomfield to discuss the latest First Opinions Panel(tm) Second Life survey.
- Train For Success, Sept. 18, 2008 in Second Life. Presentation: “How to convince the boss you’re not off your rocker: Getting buy-in for enterprise Immersive Internet initiatives” for the Gronstedt Group‘s weekly in-world series.
- Virtual Worlds Expo, Sept. 3-4, 2008, Los Angeles. Presentation: “How to convince the boss you’re not off your rocker: Getting buy-in for enterprise Immersive Internet initiatives.” Keynote interview: Erica interviewed Dr. Colin Parris, VP of IBM’s Digital Convergence Business about where the enterprise Immersive Internet is headed and IBM’s role in it. You can watch a video here.
- Metanomics series, Aug. 25, 2008 in Second Life. Here is a link to the archived recording of the “Metanomics: KZero“ interview by Robert Bloomfield. Erica is interviewed in the “On the Spot” segment.
- Cisco Systems Web 2.0 Learning Series, Aug. 22, 2008 in Second Life — presentation on enterprise use of the Immersive Internet
- Dassault Systemes DevCon, June 18, 2008 in Paris – participated on panel about enterprise use of Immersive Internet
- Virtual Worlds Conference, April 4, 2008 in New York — moderated a panel on enterprise use of the Immersive Internet
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