Public Speaking
Alistair Davidson is a frequent public speaker and is available as a keynote speaker, trainer, coach and facilitator. In his career he has spoken at public conferences such as the the Association of Strategic Planning, American Bankers Association national meeting, Edison Institute, CUNA, Young President's Organization, XPO (ex-Young President Organization members), engineering societies, small business venture organizations, incubation and on TV and radio.
He is the author of three books on strategy and technology, and on marketing and sales strategies. And as Contributing Editor at Strategy and Leadership magazine, he keeps on top of the latest in leadership and strategic thinking.
Alistair has an MBA from Harvard, is a trained facilitator, certified as a Myers-Briggs administrator and has been a CEO of four companies. In his career he has helped companies improve their strategies, change their business models, understand the evolution of markets, and improve their sales and leadership skills.
He was responsible for the invention of the first ever managerial expert system with 3,000 rules about business strategy and has improved the performance of organizations and processes by as much as 20X. In addition, he has turned around failing processes and companies.
His corporate web site gives more background on his writings and thoughts. His personal web site, www.alistair.davidson.com demonstrates his personal interests as poet and photographer.
Alistair is able to speak on:
- technology trends
- technology marketing
- sales strategy improvement
- launch strategies
- improving your organization and its business model.
Sales Training, Strategic and IT Facilitation
He is also available as a facilitator to help management and sales teams improve their understanding of trends, strategies and performance improvement.
Speeches and Presentations
Association of Strategic Planning, Norcal, Menlo Park (pricing strategy and execution)iPark, San Jose, CA (innovation and launch strategies)
Canadian Trade Mission to San Franscisco, CA
International Business Incubator, San Jose, CA (product and business launch stratgies)
Young Executives Organization, San Francisco, CA (innovation)
Association for Corporate Growth, Silicon Valley Chapter, Palo Alto, CA (innovation)
The Enterprise Network (TEN-NET/NASA Ames Incubator), San Jose, CA (launch strategies)
Multiple speeches and seminars for IIR, IQPC, Insight 1997/98/99 on performance measures for improving IT performance.Association for Management Information in Financial Services, Annual Meeting, (workshop, speech and panel)
Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, Technology Decision Process Workshop, Morgantown, West Virginia,
LMDS Conference, Dallas, TX
Institute for International Research, IT Performance Measures for the IT Function Conference, Toronto,
XPO Toronto Chapter, September 1997 (ex-members of the Young Presidents' Organization), Toronto
George Weston/Loblaw Companies - IT Managers' conference, Toronto (information management best practices)
Edison Electric Insitute, Annual Conference, New Orleans (strategic planning tools)
Canadian Association of Business Officers, St. Catherines, Annual Meeting (strategic planning tools)
Credit Union National Association (CUNA), Philadelphia, Annual Meeting, 1996 (strategic planning tools)
American Bankers Association (ABA), Honolulu, Annual Meeting
CMA Society of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Canadian Credit Union Marketing Conference, Victoria, BC
Planning Forum, renamed as Strategic Leadership Forum (Ottawa, Toronto, Minneapolis, Chicago, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh)
Television and radio appearances in Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston, Vancouver and San Jose.
Contact Information
Alistair Davidson
29 Clinton Street Suite 305
Redwood City, CA 94062
Phone +650-298-9077
E-mail: alistair@eclicktick.com
