Brian Sherman serves as the Chief Innovation Officer of the Arizona Commerce Authority. Brian approaches economic development as a social entrepreneur, startup evangelist, and bureaucracy hacker. He believes human-inspired, market-leveraged, data-driven entrepreneurship can create a better world. His work is focused on public sector strategy, technology-based economic development, entrepreneurship, early-stage capital formation, and technology commercialization, as well as innovation in public policy, strategy, and finance.
Brian is a 20+ year public service veteran serving in executive positions at the Arizona Technology Council, Arizona State University, the Town of Gilbert, the State of Arizona, and on the founding team of the Arizona Commerce Authority.
Brian has a Bachelor’s degree in Geography/Geographic Information Systems and an MBA from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.