Manuel Zarate

About Manuel Zarate

With over 40 years of entrepreneurial and technology innovation experience, I successfully founded and led a technology firm for 20 years that impacted multiple market segments and created software that changed industries.Throughout my career, I achieved success in delivering technology innovation for multi-billion-dollar public infrastructure projects with my companies serving in the role as the senior technology partner. My clients have included the U.S. Dept of Defense as well as many state governments and corporations including the largest corporations in the Telecom, Engineering and Technology industries. As an effective partnership builder, I successfully forge close collaborations with executives of government agencies and private corporations. I listen to the challenges and present ways to re-frame the question and turn a current problem into a pathway to the future. With the success of my technology firms, I established the HBMG Foundation in 2004 to support the development of creativity and innovation in arts, technology and business. The foundation has advised and mentored hundreds of creative entrepreneurs and has explored different funding models for artist and arts organizations. I serve as a mentor to numerous entrepreneurs and continues to serve as an advocate for creativity as a chief economic driver and foundation for America’s role in the global economy. It is through creativity, innovation and imitation that we will grow and expand human potential as we step into the world of web 3.0.I make dreams happen.

Experience

1. Executive Director

   Hbmg Foundation

   Jan 2004 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   With strong entrepreneurial skills, I establish the foundation to support creative development and collaboration between arts, technology, and business. A few notable accomplishments are found below: · The ArtSpark Festival: Received the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Arts Leadership Award and was acknowledged by the New York Times with a theatre critic.· Awarded prizes to the two winning Creative Teams.· National Winter Playwright Retreat (NWPR): Established a retreat in Colorado for artists and technologists to enable the development of new stories that reshape the American landscape, a retreat featured on NBC television.· The Art of Business: A partnership initiative between artistry and entrepreneurship that recognizes creativity as a driver of innovation in business.· Club E Network (20••••10): An open-source program for entrepreneurs that encouraged the free flow of ideas, resources, and information.· The Long Center for the Performing Arts Board of Directors (2007 – 2009); A board member that supported the development of local artists regardless of their cultural and social background.

Education

• Texas Tech University

  Master of Fine Arts, Theatre

• Texas Tech University

  Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Theatre/Directing

  1984 — 1986

Skills

• Program Management
• Management
• Sharepoint
• Entrepreneurship
• Fundraising
• Event Management
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Public Speaking
• Public Relations
• Theatre
• Integration
• Event Planning
• Nonprofits