Aaron Frank is a researcher, writer, and consultant who has spent over a decade working in Silicon Valley, where he most recently served as Principal Faculty at Singularity University. In his work there, his research explores the business, governance, and cultural impacts of a broad set of emerging technologies.
Over the past ten years, he has built, deployed, researched, and written about technologies related to augmented and virtual reality and virtual environment technologies; his core area of focus. In this domain, he routinely advises large companies, startups, and government organizations with clients including Ernst & Young, Sony, FC Barcelona, and many others.
Currently, Aaron also serves as a co-facilitator and host of Singularity’s flagship Executive Program focused on the impact of exponential technologies. He is also a guest lecturer for courses at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, EY Tech University, and many others.
As a writer, his articles have appeared in Vice, Wired UK, Forbes, and Venturebeat.
Aaron also volunteers with and serves on the board of Saint Francis Living Room, a community kitchen for homeless and low-income seniors in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood.
Aaron has a degree in Communications and Philosophy from the University of Maryland and an MBA from the University of Oxford. He is currently based in San Francisco.