Shermon O. Cruz is a professional futurist, workshop instructor/facilitator, and risk management and certified business continuity management expert. He is the founder and executive director of the Center for Engaged Foresight, a futures innovation and strategic foresight hub established in 2012. He is a co-founder and chair of the Millennium Project Philippines Node and Vice-President of the Philippine Futures Thinking Society. A co-founder of the Asia Pacific Futures Network, he is a member futurists of the Australian Government Science and Technology foresight arm CSIRO Data 61 Asia Pacific Foresight Group, the Association of Professional Futurists, the World Futures Federation and the UNESCO Global Anticipatory Thinking and Futures Literacy Network.