
William McKnight
William functions as Strategist, Lead Enterprise Information Architect and Program Manager for complex, high-volume full life-cycle implementations worldwide utilizing the disciplines of data warehousing, master data management, business intelligence, data quality and operational business intelligence. Many of his clients have gone public with their success story. McKnight is a Southwest Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, a frequent best practices judge, has authored more than 150 articles and white papers and given over 150 international keynotes and public seminars. His teams implementations from both IT and consultant positions have won Best Practices awards. He is a former IT VP of a Fortune company, a former engineer of DB2 at IBM and holds an MBA. McKnight is presently Senior Vice President of Information Management at Conversion Services International.
Recent Stories From this Author
The Face of Analytic Data Access
April 14, 2008 Investments in the online analytical processing paradigm give way to embedded of business intelligence, allowing analysts to...
Why You Need Master Data Management
March 18, 2008 Vendor hype drives business for a while, but soon MDM will have to prove its mettle.
The Data Warehouse Conundrum
March 18, 2008 The data warehouse faces a conundrum, and companies need to make a decision about it.
The Information in Chief Information Officer
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Why You Need Master Data Management
January 17, 2008 The vendor hype machine is up and running, and master data management (MDM) will be in your favorite software...
Hospitality Industry Business Intelligence: Checking In
January 3, 2008 The wave of acquisition and consolidation has created new opportunities and demand for BI products and services across the...
Whats Hot in Business Intelligence: A Report From the BI Summit
November 5, 2007
Health Care Business Intelligence: The Time is (Still) Now
October 15, 2007 Far too often entrenched information is found in silos, and conservative cultures are working against progress.
The Four Pillars of RFID
October 1, 2007 Master data, operational business intelligence, concentration and analytics are the cornerstones of a sound information...
Moving Business Intelligence to the Operational World, Part 2
September 1, 2007



