Brady J. Frey
I lead a family office; my research is in AI ethics and comparative philosophy.
Executive in the San Francisco Bay Area, with an M.A. in Philosophy from San José State University. I'm a peer reviewer for Springer's AI & Ethics and Philosophy of Management, and I lecture on philosophy and leadership. Before my role as an executive, I was an Art & Technology Director.
O Saint Confucius
The culmination of the Jesuit mission in China was works of philosophy reimagined and infused with contemporary Christian thought. These publications would chill Sino-European relations and serve as a “Confucius” enchiridion to a non-Chinese speaking world. I compare the Confucius Sinarum Philosophus against its...
Read the paper DOI: 10.33774/coe-2026-m1pzrResearch & Working Papers
- O Saint Confucius
- Robots in Disguise
- On Denoting Mixed Race
- On Denoting Mandarin
- AI's Influence on Socially Constructed Kinds
- AI & Freedom of Speech
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Chief Operating Officer
Long-horizon stewardship, disciplined judgment, and preserving institutional integrity under pressure.
- Operations
- Commercial real estate, agriculture, and asset management across four states and five countries.
- Transactions
- Landmark acquisitions and divestitures, including the Bently Reserve, Bently Heritage, and 240 Stockton Street.
- Litigation
- Decision-maker on litigation through federal court and the California Court of Appeal.
Before that
Nearly two decades as an Art & Technology Director, for Nike, Williams-Sonoma, the Smithsonian, Snap-On, and Harley-Davidson.
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