William Malek

William Malek is the Strategy Execution Officer for Strategy2Reality LLC and the former program director for the Stanford Advanced Project Management program at Stanford University.

With more than twenty five years of corporate experience in strategic planning, management consulting and organizational development, William's passion in life is and has been the study of strategy execution, organizational alignment and how to lead a positive organization.

His mastery of effective complex strategic program planning techniques, organizational design and strategic leadership required to accelerate enterprise performance as well as his dynamic presence as a trainer and facilitator has earned him an international reputation as a keynote speaker, workshop leader, strategic consultant and author.

William has held executive positions such as CEO as well as facilitating Fortune 500 senior management teams and he has taught the award winning Stanford leadership development courses such as "Converting Strategy into Action," "Designing Organizations for Execution" and "Leadership for Strategic Execution." Some of his organizational learning and innovative thinking is discussed in his new book called Executing Your Strategy: Break it Down Get it Done published by the Harvard Business School Press, January 2008.

William holds an M.B.A. from Capella University and a B.S. in engineering from the University of California-Santa Barbara. A few of his certifications include a Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM), a Project Management Professional (PMP®) and a New Product Development Professional (NPDP).

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