Ken’s Bio

 
 

Kenneth T. Lim is Chairman & Chief Futurist of CyberMedia Convergence Consulting.

Ken has a unique ability to communicate with and cross-fertilize internal technology, research, marketing & sales departments with customer needs & wants. World-class deep experience in futures, strategic & scenario planning, business development and alliances, market research. Ken coined the term Digital Convergence in 1982 to forecast the technology, business and functional interactions of the Computer, Communications, Consumer Electronics and Content (Media) industries.


  1. Schmahl Science Workshops: Teacher - Classroom, Afterschool & Homeschool science

  2. Christa McAuliffe: Instructor/Coordinator - Science Lab, Middle School & Lunch Electives

  3. Boy Scouts of America: Patrol Mentor & Merit Badge Counselor

  4. YMCA & Cupertino Hoops: Certified Coach - Youth Basketball Leagues

  5. Intuit Corp.: Director of Corporate Strategy, responsible for strategic planning and joint venture/M&A planning and evaluation.

  6. Syzzyl!: Co-Founder & CTO, responsible for strategic planning, business development and overall technologies for next-generation high-speed, multimedia, end-to-end integrated, peer-to-peer online service

  7. Apple Computer Inc.: Sr. Mgr. Corporate Technology Development & Chief Futurist, responsible for strategic planning and technology assessment as an advisor to Apple’s Executive Staff.  Also, manager, Market Intelligence group 

  8. USMSC (United States Microcomputer Statistics Committee): Chairman, 1990-92

  9. Dataquest Inc.: Sr Industry Analyst & co-founder of Personal Computer Industry Service. In 1982, long before the current rage over “Digital Convergence,” he predicted the confluence of PCs, TVs and telephones and that communications and entertainment would become the primary uses for computers in the 90s

  10. NASA Ames Research Center: Researcher, Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence program and Avionics Technician, Experimental & Research Aircraft program

  11. Sights, Bytes & Sounds: Owner/Consultant, a consumer electronics consulting & sales service

  12. PUBLICATIONS:

  13.     Interactive Opportunities in the Home, 2001, CyberMedia, 1997

  14.     Digital Money: The New Era of Internet Commerce, Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996

  15.     Interactive TV Market Assessment: New Industry Directions, MarketVision, 1995 

     The Beginning of a New Media Industry: A Report from the Hakone Forum, 

                                                    Institute For The Future, 1993

•     Demystifying Multimedia, Vivid Publishing, 1993

  1.     Visible Surfaces: Computing in Design and the Visual Arts, Royal College of Art, 1993


  2. widely recognized as a visionary yet pragmatic thinker and futurist.  Quoted and published in Business Week, The Economist, Forbes, Fortune, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Popular Science, The San Jose Mercury News, The Wall Street Journal, dozens of local and trade papers.  Several appearances on national & local TV news.

  3. a frequent speaker, moderator at many industry conferences including COMDEX, PC Expo, interMedia, CES, Home Automation Assoc.

  4. work has been featured in courses at Harvard University.  (CyberMedia is an Affiliate of Harvard’s Center for Information Resources Policy Program.)

  5. a past or current member of AAAS, IEEE, Planetary Society and World Future Society 

  6. BS Management/Marketing & Computer Science, MS Cybernetic Systems program, San Jose State University

 

profile




Name: Kenneth T Lim

Gender: Male with extraterestrial Z chromosomes

Age: 26.5 Mars-Solar Cycles

Birthday: March 29th

Status: Married

Hometown: Tucson, AZ; currently Saratoga, CA



occupation




Industry: Education

Occupation: Teacher

School: Emaginate

Location: Cyberspace



favorites




Quote: “Energy Flows, Matter Cycles, Thought Directs, Will Creates”

Favorite Authors: Asimov, Clarke, Lieber, Best, Ellison, Benford; Diamond, Pickover, Dan Brown

Movies: Terminator, Alien & Matrix Series, Gladiator 

TV Shows: The Unit, 24, Without a Trace, CSI, M*A*S*H, Seinfeld, 60 Minutes, Amazing Race, Survivor, Columbo, Mission Impossible, The Jetsons, JOnny Quest, The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, Tennessee Tuxedo, Discovery & National Geographic Channels

Musicians: Stones, Beatles, Eagles, Queen, Beach Boys, CCR, Commodores, ELO, Linda Ronstadt, Chuck Mangione, Al Green,, Acoustic Alchemy, Randy Travis, Yo-Yo Ma, Al Jarreau, Ray Stevens, Maroon 5, BareNaked Ladies, Olivia Newton-John

Travel Destination: Greece, Egypt, South Pacific islands (haven’t been to any of these)



contact




Ken@CybrMda.com  

IM: elucid8r on AIM, tonguetwister on .Mac

408/533-3399

 

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