Bill Weiss, who graduated from NC State in 1976 with a BS degree in computer science, is a world renowned strategic thinker who has been providing corporate leaders with counsel and relationship building for more than 30 years. His work has been in diverse geographies including Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. Areas of recent focus include media, telecommunications, information, environmental and other emerging technologies. His unique way of analyzing the business landscape and possible connections offers companies, boards and investors a fresh strategic framework for understanding how technology and change can open new possibilities.Weiss calls his unique approach “Design a Future©“, a methodology that identifies four key principles necessary to gain and maintain success in a time of uncertainty and in a target rich environment. His clients include Discovery Communications, Ericsson, GTE, IBM, North Carolina Biotech Center, Qualcomm, Steelcase, Toshiba and others.In addition to his roles as Founder, Chairman and CEO of The Promar Group, Weiss also serves in positions for organizations such Artificial Solutions (Vice-Chairman), an artificial intelligence (AI) firm in London focusing on Natural Language Interaction (NLI) which enables people to interact with any connected device using normal everyday language; AgylStor (Board Observer), one of the world’s largest cloud service providers, who are building the next generation storage architecture, aimed at solving the most challenging massive content problems; and OpticWise (Executive Advisor), a company providing technology and information services to multi-tenant properties.Weiss and Promar have been featured in a variety of publications including Work Naked, a business book on the New York Times Best Seller list focusing on companies, strategies and opportunities arising from the technology enabled virtual workplace.Weiss has often been asked to share his unique viewpoints, insights and experiences by speaking or chairing panels at corporate and high-level events. His presentations include the keynote, "Designing the Future© and Delivering An Alternative Approach to Strategy and Results” presented to HTC; the keynote presentation "Designing the Future© and Delivering An Alternative Approach to Strategy and Results with a Special Discussion On Samsung” presented to the business classes at Elon University; “Designing the Future©: Leveraging Change and Technology for Success at the European Venture Capital Association’s Venture Capital Forum in Barcelona, Spain; and the executive leadership presentation to Travel Channel Media entitled: “Designing the Future© and Delivering”. He has also written an article, used by SAS Institute in their Intelligence Quarterly, entitled, “Designing the Future© and Delivering: How Others Think and Do It”.In addition, Weiss devotes time and the resources of his firm to corporate sponsorships that include the Duke University Eye Center Advisory Board and North Carolina State University, where he has spoken on numerous occasions including a computer science commencement ceremony, and served as a member of the department of computer science Strategic Advisory Board.