By Joyce Deuley

Whew! I can’t believe it’s been roughly 7 years since I last wrote something. And, in some ways it’s special that Alan Weinkrantz’s post is what has been left up all this time. #BeHelpful.

I can’t make you any lofty promises about writing more or doing more in general. I spend a good chunk of my day researching, writing, and innovating for Zpryme, focusing on the utilities and smart cities industries. It’s a fantastic gig and it is awesome that I get to pursue all that I love in one place!

Let’s see… in the last seven years, I’ve moved on from James Brehm & Associates, actually did my own thing with the Smart Texas Alliance before finding my way on staff at Geekdom! (I know, it actually happened). I launched a civic innovation program, CivTechSA, in partnership with the City of San Antonio, ran a pre-accelerator for a couple of years, and created and launched a smart cities incubator at Geekdom in partnership with the City of San Antonio! It was AWESOME to be able to #BeHelpful in a community I cared so much about.

It was through that work that I found Zpryme and it just so happened to all fall into place. Now, I am the Director of Research & Innovation and it’s an absolute blast. One of the best things is that I can still collaborate with my friends at the City of San Antonio’s Office of Innovation doing this work. It’s even more important as now I’ve moved out to the country!

Yup! An emerging tech analyst reporting to you live from a small farm in Texas.

I hope to write on all of the things happening, I mean, AI is here. C’mon! But, we’ll see if I don’t come back in a few years and have to blow the dust off this thing again.