William McKnight

William McKnight

MBA

TX, US
The Information Expert - Technology and consulting thought leader and educator with global reputation

William is a distinguished and successful Entrepreneur, Corporate Executive, Strategist, International Speaker, Trainer, Author, Blogger and Executive Mentor in the use of technology.  He is author of the book "Information Managment: Strategies for Gaining a Competitive Advantage with Data".

He is a leading authority on how technology is shaping the future.

William is President of McKnight Consulting Group. William takes corporate information and turns it into a bottom-line producing asset. He's worked with 15 of the Global 2000 including Dong Energy, France Telecomm, Pfizer, Samba Bank, ScotiaBank, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Verizon, as well as hundreds of others. His teams have won several best practice competitions.

William has hundreds of articles and dozens of white papers in publication and is a prolific blogger. William is a highly sought-after presenter who has spoken on four continents. He is noted for his fascinating, informative, dynamic and entertaining keynotes.

An Ernst&Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, William is a former Fortune 50 technology executive and software engineer.

William's experience includes taking his company to placement on the Inc. 500 and the Dallas 100 to seller of the firm to a public company. William is an authority on consulting and branding and the author of the book "90 Days to Success in Consulting".

William educates businesses and organizations on emerging technology, the vast uses of information and strategy insights. His speaking style is engaging and personal.

 

William is a distinguished and successful Entrepreneur, Corporate Executive, Strategist, International Speaker, Trainer, Author, Blogger and Executive Mentor in the use of technology.  He is author of the book "Information Managment: Strategies for Gaining a Competitive Advantage with Data".

He is a leading authority on how technology is shaping the future.

William is President of McKnight Consulting Group. William takes corporate information and turns it into a bottom-line producing asset. He's worked with 15 of the Global 2000 including Dong Energy, France Telecomm, Pfizer, Samba Bank, ScotiaBank, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Verizon, as well as hundreds of others. His teams have won several best practice competitions.

William has hundreds of articles and dozens of white papers in publication and is a prolific blogger. William is a highly sought-after presenter who has spoken on four continents. He is noted for his fascinating, informative, dynamic and entertaining keynotes.

An Ernst&Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, William is a former Fortune 50 technology executive and software engineer.

William's experience includes taking his company to placement on the Inc. 500 and the Dallas 100 to seller of the firm to a public company. William is an authority on consulting and branding and the author of the book "90 Days to Success in Consulting".

William educates businesses and organizations on emerging technology, the vast uses of information and strategy insights. His speaking style is engaging and personal.

 

Who’s Watching You? What They Learn And How They Can Use It

Controversy is raging about the clandestine gathering of electronic information by the U.S. intelligence community.  Private enterprises have been collecting and sharing massive amounts of data for a decade and possibly so too has the government.

Data is as important in 2013 to individuals as is where they live and what their diet is.  Go past the headlines and learn from The Information Expert how data is collected, what is collected and used and what some potential...

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Big Data, Big Sales, Big Profits

Every 2 Days, the earth creates as much information as it did up to 2003.

Businesses need to make sense of this explosion of data, especially newer forms of data like web traffic data, social network comments, sensor data and more to guide decisions, trim costs, lift sales and expand into new markets.

 

Most people have heard of big data, but let William McKnight, the Information Expert, welcome your audience to the age of Big Data.

A few trends are...

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10 Critical Technologies and Trends That Will Change the World in the Next 10 Years

While everyone is aware that technological change is happening all around them, it can be difficult to have depth of exposure to all of them.

 

Business leaders across all industries are focused on IT as a way to accomplish goals. The use of emerging, disruptive technologies such as context-aware mobile apps and sensor technology along with the proliferation of public and private clouds are commanding organizations to assess and manage the impact these technologies may...

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The Power to Predict – How Analytics Will Impact Your Future

When it comes to seeing the business landscape to make process change or to strive for maximum profitability, derived from customer- and product-specific catering, companies need forward-facing data.  Companies must know a future that they can intervene into and change.   Companies must know a future that will not exactly happen because they’re intervening and able to turn it in a more profitable direction.  

Analytics are used to assess current markets and...

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The Internet for Everything

The Internet of Everything (IoE) creates $14.4 trillion in “Value at Stake” – the combination of increased revenues and lower costs that is created or will migrate among companies and industries, from 2013 to 2022. At this level, the IoE would seem to be the difference between success and failure for most every economy participant in the next decade.

The growth of the internet is unprecedented. However, we are only skimming the surface of the possibilities. 

The internet...

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