William Ko
Energy Trader, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts (Greater Boston Area)
- Industry
- Venture Capital & Private Equity
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William Ko's Overview
- Current
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- Energy Trader at Twin Cities Power
- Founder & CEO at Citrus Boston Marketing Group
- Past
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- Strategy Consultant, Online Banking at Santander
- IS Analyst, Services Workgroup at Accenture
- Associate, Advisory Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Education
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- Boston University - School of Management
- Recommendations
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4 people have recommended William
- Connections
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345 connections
William Ko's Summary
Entrepreneurial Project Manager with deep industry experience serving Fortune 500 clients of the financial services and banking sectors. Expertise in defining strategic business solutions and leading transformation projects from planning stage to execution. Recognized as an effective leader with a unique ability to develop and motivate globally diverse teams in a variety of different environments. Efficient learner with an insatiable drive for continuous self-development.
Specialties
• Strategic Business Development
• Effective Project Management
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Client Relationship Management
• Social Dynamics Connoisseur
William Ko's Experience
Founder & CEO
Citrus Boston Marketing Group
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry
2009 – Present (3 years) Greater Boston Area
- Provided strategic marketing and business development consultancy services to local business clients;
- Launched a local event portal web-application (Guestlyst) with just 2 months of development time;
- Sold an experimental e-commerce web project with significant traction within 1 month from inception;
- Conducted SEO (Search Engine Optimization) experiments gaining #1 Google rankings for prime keywords;
- Established an industry-respected nightlife event marketing company within the Greater Boston Area.
Strategy Consultant, Online Banking
Santander
Privately Held; 10,001+ employees; Banking industry
2010 – 2011 (1 year) Greater Boston Area
- Directed the change management project for Sovereign Bank’s new retail online banking website;
- Strategized all decision support criteria for a user migration affecting over 1 million customers;
- Facilitated requirements gathering discussions across the business, marketing, legal, and IT teams;
- Engineered the online banking transformation’s user experience flow to minimize support volumes;
- Assessed the workload and cost impact for potential customer behavior dynamics across all channels.
IS Analyst, Services Workgroup
Accenture
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; ACN; Management Consulting industry
2008 – 2009 (1 year)
- Administered the use and development of Boston Scientific’s C-Level global financial reporting solution;
- Progressed a total of 58 business initiatives across the entire SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle);
- Presented RFC (Request For Change) proposals at control board meetings with a 95% acceptance rate;
- Constructed advanced-level dynamic SQL stored procedures to aggregate complex data reporting needs;
- Optimized the distribution process of critical financial reports to eliminate need for on-call support.
Associate, Advisory Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Partnership; 10,001+ employees; Accounting industry
2007 – 2008 (1 year) Greater Boston Area
- Consulted financial services and banking clients with IT security and IT governance related projects;
- Relocated for an extended period to Tokyo for a high-profile engagement of 4 select team members;
- Developed an AML (Anti-Money Laundering) web-application for Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi in C# and .NET;
- Identified a unique data scrubbing method to correct tax filing errors resulting in $5MM compliance savings;
- Published information security related articles from over 280 hours of self-driven training and research.
William Ko's Skills & Expertise
William Ko's Education
Boston University - School of Management
BS in Business Administration, Management Information Systems and Finance
2003 – 2007
Activities and Societies: Lambda Phi Epsilon
William Ko's Additional Information
- Interests:
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Autocross, Design Aesthetics, Lacrosse, Competitive Gaming, Information Security, Graphics Design, Human Psych, Sociology, Philosophy, Social Dynamics, Self Development, Travel, Fitness, etc
- Groups and Associations:
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Volunteer Group Coordinator, Boston Athletic Association’s Annual Boston Marathon Chief Information Officer and Webmaster, Lambda Phi Epsilon at Boston University Active Autocross Member, BMW Car Club of America Boston Massachusetts Chapter
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