Bill is the VP, Analytics and Workflow Solutions at IP.com, a software and services company featuring deep data cognitive computing and semantic analytics to enable organizations to discover hidden insights and rapidly evaluate the commercial potential of their intellectual property.  Prior to that, at Eastman Kodak Company, Bill led a team of technologists that work with Inventors, Business Unit leaders and Legal to support all aspects of Kodak's patent portfolio life cycle (generation, maintenance and monetization).   Bill is also a Six Sigma Black Belt, author of Engineering Methods for Robust Product Design: Using Taguchi Methods in Technology and Product Development and has been a trainer and consultant of TRIZ and statistics.