Bill has been named the “Dean of Big Data”, is a

recognized global innovator, educator, and practitioner in the areas of Big Data, Data Science, Design Thinking, and Data Monetization, the creator of the “Big Data MBA” Curriculum, filed 7 Data Science patents, and has author 7 books, including “The AI-Human Edge” and “The Art of Thinking Like a Data Scientist” textbook.

He is currently teaching “AI-driven Innovation” at Iowa State University, consulting with companies on their AI strategies, and conducting lectures and keynotes based on his new book “The A-Human Edge: Winning with Intelligence Technologies—On the Field and Beyond.”

Prior to that, Bill was part of Dell Technology’s AI Spear team, where he ran customer “AI Business Value” workshops to identify where and how to deploy AI to derive and drive new sources of customer, operational, and societal value.

Bill was the former Chief Innovation Officer at Hitachi Vantara, where he was responsible for driving Hitachi Vantara’s Data Science and
“co-creation” efforts. He was selected for Hitachi Limited’s 2020 Solution Innovation Award for his ground-breaking work in data science and Automated Machine Learning.

Bill has also served as CTO at Dell EMC, where he formulated the company’s Big Data Practice strategy, identified target markets, developed solution frameworks, and led Analytics client engagements through his Vision Workshop, a methodology that links an organization’s strategic business initiatives with supporting data and analytics. As the VP of Analytics at Yahoo, Bill delivered the analytics tools and applications that optimized customers’ online marketing spend.

Bill holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Iowa and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Business Administration from Coe College.