Background
Smith, William Allen was born on July 19, 1949 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Hillard Allen and Ruth Elizabeth (Cheney) Smith.
consultant communications executive
Smith, William Allen was born on July 19, 1949 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. Son of Hillard Allen and Ruth Elizabeth (Cheney) Smith.
AB summa cum laude, Brown U., Providence, 1971; Bachelor, Master of Arts, U. Cambridge, England, 1973; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1975; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1981.
Instructor English, Princeton University, 1975-1977;
department manager, Abraham and Straus, Brooklyn, 1977-1979;
senior consultant, Bain and Company, Boston, 1981-1985;
president, W. Smith Cons. Superior vena cava syndrome, since 1985;
manager corporate planning and development, Covia Partnership, Rosemont, Illinois, 1986-1987;
director strategic planning, Covia Partnership, Rosemont, 1988-1991;
acting chief finance officer, Galilco Distribution Systems, Swindon, United Kingdom, 1987-1988;
principal, Mercer Management Consulting, 1993-1994;
senior principal, The Hackett Group, Hudson, Ohio., since 1995. Speaker Kellogg School, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1989.
Member information systems telecommunications and business strategy project Wharton School, Philadelphia, since 1988. Member Chicago Quality Council, 1991-1994. International speaker Hawaii Conference on Systems Sciences, 1993.
Member Harvard Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.