Raquel Buscaino leads Deloitte’s Novel & Exponential Technologies (NExT) team, where she and her team uncover and shape the emerging technologies most likely to change how we work and live. From brain-computer interfaces and synthetic biology to space exploration and quantum computing, she helps distill signal from noise, identify practical value in a sea of hype, and turn ambiguous concepts into strategic direction.
Through NExT, Buscaino helps shape Deloitte’s global thought leadership, including Tech Trends and industry-specific insights; and she brings a clear, market-facing point of view on what’s new, what matters, and what comes next. She is invited regularly to speak at global technology conferences, and she also previously hosted Deloitte’s TECHTalks podcast, where she interviewed industry leaders on the technologies and ideas defining the future.
She previously worked in Deloitte’s blockchain and digital assets practice, where she specialized in blockchain consortiums and led global workshops for Deloitte and its clients. In addition to her work at Deloitte, Buscaino is an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California where she teaches an MBA course on AI.
Across her roles, she brings a combination of strategic insight, technical fluency, and approachable storytelling that helps CxOs make confident decisions in fast-changing markets.