A. William Wiggenhorn
President of Consulting Services
Executive Development Associates

Bill Wiggenhorn is responsible for EDA's consulting business including custom-designed executive development strategy, systems and programs, as well as talent management strategies and systems. Bill is an acknowledged expert in the fields of training and development, executive and leadership development, e-learning, marketing, and business strategy.

Prior to joining EDA, Bill was a consultant to industry and the not-for-profit sector. He also served as a senior learning and development executive at Xerox and as CLO (chief learning officer) at Motorola and Cigna.

Perhaps best known for establishing Motorola University (MU) as the benchmark corporate university, Bill expanded MU's international reach to encompass 101 education offices in 24 countries. He developed two corporate museums, several corporate customer briefing centers, the archives of the corporation, a university and secondary-education relationship team, and an externally focused consulting team that worked with key Motorola customers and suppliers, the World Bank, the U.S. Department of Energy Federal Labs, the U.S. Department of Defense, and 40 universities around the world.

Bill's board participation has included the ASTD Council of Governors, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Educational Testing Service, and the Emory University Business School Advisory Board.

He currently serves on the center for creative leadership board of governors, the Rochester Institute of Technology President's Council, the University of Tennessee Business School Advisory Board, the Villanova University Engineering School Advisory Board, and the Institute for Work and the Economy. Bill also serves as vice chairman of the Asia-based Global Education Management Corporation (GEM), which manages institutions of higher learning in Malaysia and China.

Bill is the recipient of numerous awards including the McKinsey Award for Best Article in the Harvard Business Review, the Rose-Huhlman Institute Award of Excellence in Corporate Education, the China Society/Xilin Association Educator of the Year Award 2000, the University of Dayton Alumni Award for work in the field of education, and the State of Penang Malaysia's Governor's award and honorary title of the monarchy for contribution to development of citizens of that state.