Travis H. Brown
Columbia, Missouri, United States
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500+ connections
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Travis H. Brown now serves as Executive Vice Chairman of Alexis Bio, LLC, a regenerative…
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A self-driving car to deliver your groceries, created by former Google employees. Will I love it, or shove it?
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Uber is looking into electric bike sharing in San Francisco. Will I love it, or shove it?
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Robots could kill many Las Vegas jobs. Will I love it, or shove it?
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Activity
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Marc Ellinger will argue a case with statewide significance in the gaming industry this week. On May 15, Marc Ellinger will present arguments in…
Marc Ellinger will argue a case with statewide significance in the gaming industry this week. On May 15, Marc Ellinger will present arguments in…
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Dr. Steve Gullans is an experienced biotech executive, venture investor, scientist, entrepreneur, and author. He currently advises life science…
Dr. Steve Gullans is an experienced biotech executive, venture investor, scientist, entrepreneur, and author. He currently advises life science…
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Experience
Education
Volunteer Experience
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International Board of Directors, Four Terms
International Board of Directors, Four Terms
Wings of Hope
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Strategic Adviser
Peatland Technologies, LLC
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Director Board Of Directors
Director Board Of Directors
Synchronicity.co
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Elliott Society Member, Volunteer, Student Business Plan - Entrepreneurship Classes
Elliott Society Member, Volunteer, Student Business Plan - Entrepreneurship Classes
Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School
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Mini-Medical School Certificate
Mini-Medical School Certificate
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
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Board Member: Development & Capital Campaigns Emphasis
Saint Louis Science Center: Board of Trustees, Four Terms
Licenses & Certifications
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Commercial Driver License (CDL) A: Tanker Plus Hazardous Materials Endorsement (X)
State of Missouri: Department of Revenue: Division of Motor Vehicles
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Executive Producer, Documentary (IMDb)
The Big Sky Promise, by First Rule Films
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Executive Producer, Documentary (IMDb)
No One to Blaine: The Fight for School Choice
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Executive Producer, Documentary (IMDb)
Hard Landing at Lambert
Publications
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Tax Reform Needs To Rain Down On Maryland
Forbes
This column originally appeared on Forbes.com on February 13, 2015. Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbrown/ for a complete archive of past columns.
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Bucking The Trend In The Buckeye State
Forbes
This column originally appeared on Forbes.com on February 2, 2015. Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbrown/ for a complete archive of past columns.
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Most Ambitious Tax-Reform Plan Of 2015 Comes From Maine Governor Paul LePage
Forbes
This column originally appeared on Forbes.com on January 30, 2015. Visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbrown/ for a complete archive of past columns.
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Wealth of States
Wiley & Sons
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States is a detailed and critical look into the tax and regulatory policies across the 50 states and the subsequent economic growth or malaise that follows from these state policy choices. In short, the authors conclude you can’t tax a state into prosperity, nor can a poor person spend himself into wealth. Along the same lines, if you tax rich people and give the money to poor people, sooner or later you’ll have lots and lots of poor…
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States is a detailed and critical look into the tax and regulatory policies across the 50 states and the subsequent economic growth or malaise that follows from these state policy choices. In short, the authors conclude you can’t tax a state into prosperity, nor can a poor person spend himself into wealth. Along the same lines, if you tax rich people and give the money to poor people, sooner or later you’ll have lots and lots of poor people and no rich people.
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How Money Walks
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How Money Walks maps this great migration of American income and raises important questions about American tax policy and how it profoundly affects growth and development in our country.
Patents
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StateSurge Legislative Parsing
United States
Projects
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Young Friends, Baptist Health Foundation, Fishermen's Hospital (Marathon, FL)
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After Hurricane Irma, Fishermen's Hospital in Marathon Key, FL was destroyed. Travis joined a young friends group of donors to help promote its Capital Campaign ($40M) to bring back community health and airlift support to the Keys.
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Fox News Monthly Contributor: How Money Walks
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Over 200 minutes of earned national cable news time was delivered in New York Studios. Initial book tour of three months was extended to three years and 35 plus state visits with leading state and local thinktanks.
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State of Missouri Blue Ribbon Plan on Hyperloop, Chaired by Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe
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Inspired by Missouri Speaker of the House Elijah Haarhr, the State of Missouri commissioned a large panel of subject matter experts to explore the feasibility of a high-speed hyperloop commercialization and research center along the Interstate 70 Route Corridor. The project concluded with a full study, and Travis presented some strategic findings before the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT).
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Advancing Split Payments Systems: Music Modernization Act of 2018
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In conjunction with Jammber in Nashville, TN, Travis monitored the progress and passage of the Music Modernization Act in 2018, the most significant update to Federal digital media in 30 plus years.
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Smart Sensor Designs Inside Professional Sports Stadiums (first in San Francisco)
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Driven by a failed effort to keep the Saint Louis Rams football club in Saint Louis, a small project team explored sports stadium technologies of the future. Enter Venue Next, whose application of 600 plus Aruba bluetooth sensors have now enabled drinks to find you at your stadium seat! While our project ended, use of the Venue Next ecosystem has expanded into other hospitality venues.
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Self-Driving Cars with SADAR SD (an FCC/Google related venture)
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Former seed stage investment in SADAR SD led to a year-long exploration of FCC bandwidth acquisitions pivotal to autonomous smart vehicles uses for commercial applications. Early research, somewhat aligned from such companies as Trimble and Google Ventures, ultimately led to later advances with lidar sensors in cars. The 2020 SPAC rise of luminar supports this adoption in smart vehicles.
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How Money Walks - Taxpayer Mobility App, Book
How Money Walks is a book, a smartphone application, and a plan to turn ordinary taxpayers into extraordinary community advocates. By sharing the multi-media experiences that showcase taxpayer mobility from every county in America, we hope to promote smarter growth policies.
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Co-Author, Wealth of States
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Co-Author with Dr. Arthur Laffer, Steven Moore, and Rex Sinquefield in a New York Times Bestselling book that explores what polices have made some states grow while others miss prosperity.
Languages
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French
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Organizations
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Washington University Olin School of Business
Alumni Board of Directors; a Elliott Society Member
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University of Missouri-Columbia - College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources (CAFNR)
Alumni Board of Directors
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Airplane Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
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National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)
Advocate of No Plane No Gain Initiatives
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