Alistair Davidson Biography

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He has been CEO/ActingCEO/President of six high small tech and consulting firms in Canada and the US.</div> <bR> <div> He is the author of three books on strategy, technology, information management and innovation strategy and is a contributing editor to <I>Strategy and Leadership</I> magazine. His career includes developing the first ever managerial expert system with 3,000 rules about business strategy (plus a financial model and financial expert system), developing major managerial simulation exercises for larger telecom leadership training programs, developing over a dozen software products including a large innovative information warehouse tool for modeling, budgeting and performance reporting. </div> <bR> <div> He is a trained facilitator who has facilitated strategic planning for financial services, software, hardware, healthcare equipment vendors, not for profit, military and government organizations. He has designed and taught numerous sales seminars, public seminars, MBA programs and simulation based corporate training programs. He has consulted to clients in government, the military, pharmaceuticals, software, hardware, services, telcos and manufacturing.</div> <bR> <div> As an entrepreneur, he has been responsible for all aspects of product life cycle management for 12 products internationally and been involved in developing and commercializing first of breed products and services.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Alistair Davidson Recent Career</B></div> <div> 2004-2006: <B>Deloitte Consulting</B>, Strategy and Operations practice, Technology, Media and Telecom industries. Business development and thought leadership for major high tech players. Pricing execution and strategy consulting.</div> <bR> <div> 1999-2004: Founder and CEO, <B>Eclicktick Corporation</B>, consulting and contract management positions, Silicon Valley. Contract positions have included turnaround CEO position with Eforex, Inc, Acting CEO, iPark Venture Campus, and President, Omicron Financial. Major clients have include HP, Harley-Davidson Dealer Systems, Government of Korea, and Veritas Software in addition to advising over 50 startups and early stage businesses.</div> <bR> <div> 1985-1998: CEO, <B>Alacrity Inc/Alacritous Inc./Allstar Advice Inc.</B> Founder, consultant, chief business development person, software development, training and consulting firm specializing in object oriented development and tools for supporting strategic planning, budgeting and performance improvement. Clients include over 200 companies internationally. </div> <bR> <div> 1984-5: Associate, <B>Woods Gordon</B> (then Arthur Young International, now <B>CapGemini</B>)</div> <bR> <div> 1982-3: Head, Strategy, Technology and Policy Group, Toronto, <B>Laventhol & Horwath</B> (later merged with <B>Price Waterhouse</B>).</div> <bR> <div> 1979-81: Treasury analyst, <B>Harlequin Enterprises Ltd</B>.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Publications</B></div> <div> <I>Turn Around! A brief guide to starting, growing and turning around your software or Internet company</I>, Eclicktick E-Book, 2001 (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.eclicktick.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.eclicktick.com"><U><U>www.eclicktick.com</U></U></A></FONT> )</div> <div> <I>Riding the Tiger</I> (with Harvey Gellman and Mary Chung), HarperCollins Canada and Jist Publications, 1997 and 1999 respectively.</div> <div> <I>Seizing the Future</I> (with Ralph Fisher), Trans Canada Press, 1981.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Various white papers and publications available at </FONT><A HREF="http://www.eclicktick.com/whitepapers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.eclicktick.com/whitepapers.ht"><U><U>www.eclicktick.com</U></U></A><A HREF="http://www.eclicktick.com/whitepapers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.eclicktick.com/whitepapers.ht"><U><U>/whitepapers.htm</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > on selling strategies for high tech firms, launch strategies, turning around failed products, strategy and ethics, partnering and distribution strategies.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Teaching and Training Experience</B></div> <div> Large scale 300+ training programs for media and telecom firms internationally</div> <div> Five MBA programs on strategy and international strategy</div> <div> Design and delivery of training simulations internationally</div> <div> Numerous seminars on best practices in information management, strategic analysis, new product assessment and new product management processes</div> <div> Delivered facilitator training, Canadian military Training Command.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Education</B></div> <div> MBA and BA, Harvard</div> <div> Certified administrator, Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory</div> <div> Trained strategic facilitator</div> <bR> <div> <B>Speeches and Presentations</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Association of Strategic Planning, Norcal, Menlo Park, 2006</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">iPark, San Jose, October and November 2002.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Canadian Trade Mission to San Francisco, September 2001</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">International Business Incubator, San Jose, August 2001</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Young Executives Organization, San Francisco, April 2001</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Association for Corporate Growth, Silicon Valley Chapter, March 2001</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Enterprise Network (TEN-NET/NASA Ames Incubator), March 2001</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Multiple speeches and seminars for IIR, IQPC, Insight 1997/98/99 on performance measures for improving IT performance.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Association for Management Information in Financial Services, Annual Meeting, Phoenix, 1998 (workshop, speech and panel)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, Technology Decision Process Workshop, Morgantown, West Virginia, June 1998</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">LMDS Conference, Dallas 1998</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Institute for International Research, IT Performance Measures for the IT Function Conference, Toronto, April 1998</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">XPO Toronto Chapter, September 1997 (ex-members of the Young Presidents' Organization)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">George Weston/Loblaw Companies - IT Managers' conference, September 1997</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Edison Electric Insitute, Annual Conference, New Orleans</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Canadian Association of Business Officers, St. Catherines, Annual Meeting, 1997</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Credit Union National Association (CUNA), Philadelphia, Annual Meeting, 1996</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">American Bankers Association (ABA), Honolulu, Annual Meeting 1996</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">CMA Society of Ontario, 1995</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Canadian Credit Union Marketing Conference, Victoria, BC 1995</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Planning Forum, renamed as Strategic Leadership Forum (Ottawa, Toronto, Minneapolis,   Chicago, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Television and radio appearances in Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston, Vancouver and San Jose.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   <script> var page_name = ''; var invisible = ''; function sE(){return true;}window.onError=sE;var lp=0; function clr(){lp++;if(lp==1){document.ctr.src="http://64.49.222.57/0.gif";} else {clearTimeout(myT);return true;}} var myT=setTimeout('clr()',120000);var rn=Math.random(); document.write('<a href="http://www.web-stat.com/stats.shtml?alistairdavidson"'); document.write(' target="new"><img name="ctr"'); document.write(' src="http://www.web-stat.com/count.cgi?'); document.write('alistairdavidson::'+top.document.referrer); if (window.screen){ document.write('::'+screen.width+'x'+screen.height+'::'); document.write(screen.colorDepth+'::'+page_name+'::'+invisible+'::'+rn); }else{document.write('::::::page_name::'+invisible+'::'+rn);} document.write('" onError="clr();" onAbort="clr();"'); document.write(' onLoad="clearTimeout(myT);"'); document.write('border=0 alt="Web-Stat hit counter"></a>'); </script><noscript> <a href="http://www.web-stat.com/stats.shtml?alistairdavidson" target="new"> <img src="http://www.web-stat.com/count.cgi?alistairdavidson::NoJavaScript" border=0> </a> </noscript>   </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>