Travis Cloyd is the Global Futurist and Senior Fellow at Thunderbird School of Global Business Management which ranks as the #1 Masters in Management program in the world, a part of Arizona State University, which ranks #1 in the U.S. for innovation seven years running ahead of MIT and Harvard. He is the Senior Advisor to the Dean and Professor of Practice on Global Creative Industries working out of the downtown Los Angeles campus in the historical Herald building once owned by media mogul William Randolph Hearst. He recently lectured a part of the Masters of Arts in Global Affairs and Management and spoke separately on Cryptocurrency. He was formally the inaugural Futurist in Residence, Director of iSTAR (Immersive Studio for Altered Reality) and Adjunct Professor at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida. At the 2021 fall commencement he was awarded by the president of the university the highest honor; FIU Medallion. For his outstanding contributions to the institution.