Bill Davidson is CEO of AllianceAnalytics and is the leading global expert in the field of BI, Analytics and BPM for Alliances, Channels and Partnerships.  He has spoken at a number of Technology and Pharmaceutical conferences and has been a guest presenter for Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management’s MBA program.  He has many years experience in assisting technology and software companies in rolling out national sales programs and has held sales and channel leadership roles with GE and Checkfree Corporation. 

Mr. Davidson has authored numerous articles on alliance and business partnership optimization, and predictive analytics that include “System and Method for Generating Partnerships and Alliances" and "Alliance Knowledge Creation and Management and its Impact on Business Performance”.  He is a frequent article and White Paper contributor for eChannelLine's Channel Advisor, DM Review and BPM Institute's website publications. 

Mr. Davidson holds an MBA in Organizational Behavior from Xavier University and a BSBA from The Ohio State University.  He has completed the EMP on Strategic Alliance Creation and Management at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.  He serves on the Board of Directors of Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals in Chicago and is also a member of the CMO Council. 

Shadan Tofighi - Vice President, Product Development

Mr. Tofighi has over 19 years experience in Information Systems, twelve of which have been in consulting in the diverse vertical markets such as legal, insurance, banking, automotive, and payroll processing, as well as in the non-profit.   For over 13 years Mr. Tofighi has been leading development of major data warehousing, knowledge management and business intelligence software.  He has successfully led the software development consulting practice at a Chicago based technology company. 

 

Some of the companies that Mr. Tofighi has worked with include Hinshaw & Culbertson, DiamondCluster International, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, CNA, Prudential, Chubb, BlueCross and BlueShield Insurance, Ford Motor Company, and ADP.  Mr. Tofighi has been an advocate of knowledge management and business intelligence systems for various industries.  He has given seminars on this topic at industry specific conferences such as Law Net and Law Librarian Association. In addition he possesses proven ability to drive need analysis sessions with end user and management groups and create realistic timelines and budgets as expected.  Mr. Tofighi received his Bachelor of Computer Science from Wayne State University.