Gary Bolles

Gary A. Bolles is a San Francisco-based writer, lecturer, consultant and entrepreneur focused on initiatives with impact, especially related to the future of work & learning. As adjunct Chair for the Future of Work for Singularity University, he leads the organization?s efforts to empower a global community to create an abundant future of work and learning. As a partner in the consulting firm Charrette LLC, he helps clients to identify and understand trends affecting organizations and markets, through lectures and strategy consulting. And as co-founder of eParachute.com, he helps job-hunters & career changers, from youth to 50+, with online and in-person programs inspired by ?What Color Is Your Parachute??, the best-selling career book of all time. He also chairs FulcrumConference.com, an event focused on actionable strategies for the future of work and learning. Throughout the years, Bolles has produced a variety of impact-related strategic initiatives, conferences and events. He is a co-founder of SoCap, SocialCapitalMarkets.net, the premier gathering for impact entrepreneurs and investors. He was the co-producer of DGREE.org, a 2010 conference focused on the future of higher education; Silicon Valley Meets the U.N.; the US Broadband Coalition; and of Closing The Gap: Strategies for an Inclusive Economy. And he is the catalyst for Fulcrum, the Conference on Solutions for the Future of Work, November 2019, fulcrumconference.com. Bolles is the former COO of Evolve Software, the former VP Marketing for Network Products Corporation, and the former editorial director for six technology magazines, including Inter@ctive Week and Yahoo! Internet Life.