Through his company, Innovative Futures, David Zach works with nearly 80 businesses, schools and associations each year to help them understand how to think about the future, change and continuity-- and how to make choices about them. He takes the audience on a tour of key trends and current issues in technology, business, education and society. David Zach gets his information and ideas about the future from a daily study of books, magazines, discussions and on-line explorations.
David Zach previously worked at Johnson Controls and Northwestern Mutual Life in the roles of environmental scanning and strategic planning. He has also taught future studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

David Zach is a member of the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center Advisory Council, Future Milwaukee Advocacy Board and Milwaukee Forum, a leadership group for discussion of key community concerns. Zach formerly served as chairman of the Goals for Greater Milwaukee 2000 Education Committee and co-chair for Design Milwaukee.

David Zach's look at the future is up-to-date, optimistic, and humorous. Discussing everything from the growing number of Elvis impersonators to what companies need to do to put e-mail in its proper place, Zach weaves together the issues and concerns of the knowledge economy. David Zach's specialty is looking at the human side of the future from a practical point of view- how do we get the work done and still find ourselves in the kind of future that we want?  His programs leave people both quiet in their own thoughts and full of conversation for the rest of the conference. Provocative and compassionate, David Zach gets people thinking and feeling.