Kevin Williams
Entrepreneur | Executive Coach | Vistage Chair
- Role
- President & CEO at Cognizant Leadership
- Location
- Columbia, SC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kevin Williams
With over 20 years of experience in leading and growing technology-based businesses, I am passionate about empowering CEOs and leaders to achieve their full potential. As a Vistage Chair, I facilitate monthly peer advisory group meetings and one-on-one coaching sessions for 40+ CEOs, business owners, and executives, helping them learn, grow, and make better decisions. I am also a GiANT Master Coach, certified in delivering leadership development workshops and consulting services for small businesses through my company, Cognizant Leadership.In addition, my wife and I own Escapology Columbia, the largest escape room in the US, with 12 different themed escape rooms in downtown Columbia. We started this venture in 2017, as a way to stay connected with our young adult children and help them develop management and technical skills. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we created a web dashboard to enable online escape room experiences and events, which was adopted by all Escapology locations worldwide. I enjoy giving back and helping others, especially technology-based businesses in Columbia, and I am always looking for new opportunities to leverage my engineering background, global experience, and entrepreneurial mindset.
Experience
President & CEO
Aug 2018 — Present · Columbia, SC, US
Executive Coaching | Advisory Board Member | Workshops that improve Communication, Self Awareness, and Leadership Core Competencies.
Education
University of South Florida
BSEE, Electrical Engineering
1992 — 1995
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
MBA, International Business
2008 — 2010
Skills
- Testing
- Product Marketing
- Manufacturing
- Telecommunications
- Product Development
- Embedded Systems
- Program Management
- Process Improvement
- Agile Methodologies
- Team Building
- Project Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Software Development
- Engineering
- Integration
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Leadership
- Product Management
- Strategic Planning
- International Product Development
- Six Sigma
- Electronics
- Strategy
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