William Malek’s mastery of effective strategic planning techniques, organizational design and strategic leadership required to accelerate enterprise performance along with his dynamic presence as a trainer and project facilitator have earned him an international reputation as a keynote speaker, workshop leader, strategic consultant and author. As one of the top-ranked instructors, he has taught the award-winning Stanford courses that he helped refine and develop including “Converting Strategy into Action”, “Designing Organizations for Execution," "Mastering the Project Portfolio," and “Leadership for Strategic Execution." William has the ability to adapt to the cultural diversity required in today's global market as evidenced by his successful deliveries and speaking engagements in India, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, South America, China and Europe.
William has held executive positions as well as facilitated Fortune 500 senior management teams in companies such as IBM, Qualcomm, Cisco, McKesson and the Library of Congress.
In January 2008, Mr. Malek co- authored the best-selling Executing Your Strategy, published by the Harvard Business School Press. It outlines the “Strategic Execution Framework”, an execution model that is the basis for Stanford’s award winning Advanced Project Management Program. Mr. Malek has applied the model to major companies around the world to successfully convert their vision and strategic business plans into measurable results.