mark vancil

president and managing partner

About

Managing Partner and President at Williams Inference

Country

united states

City

easley

Industry

management consulting

Skill

leadership, future trends, writing, financial advisory, consulting, emerging trends, public speaking, strategic partnerships, trendwatching, corporate advisory, business, inference, trend analysis, thought leadership, digital media, political science, business analysis, publishing, published author, strategic planning, strategy, management consulting, publisher, marketing, trend research, anomaly detection, financial analysis, business intelligence, journalism, market analysis, trend forecasting, film, strategic consulting, management, business strategy, public relations, research, marketing strategy, business advisory, anomaly, presentations, analysis

Experience

president and managing partner

williams inference services

2010-1 - Present · 16 yrs 9 mos

Williams Inference is the oldest and most respected name in inferential intelligence. Based in Highland Park, Illinois, we have been reporting to clients for more than 45 years. Our staff of full time analyst/consultants works with corporations and money managers across North America and Europe. Clients use our unique insights to inform their decision making and achieve superior performance—year after year. Our work is a derivative of what intelligence agencies call "reduced cue analysis." Our clients are primarily financial services firms and corporations. We monitor roughly 250 publications (in all forms) monthly from around the world. We produce a series of reports throughout the quarter and present thematic "files" to our clients in person quarterly based on our findings. The work is focused on the early detection of change as identified by anomalies. Ultimately the work is a form of pattern recognition designed to provide context, then draw meaning, or inference and thus actionable intelligence for our clients.

Education

st. petersburg college

international business

1976-1 - 1978-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Activities and Societies: President, Student Government; Internship Florida House of Representatives; Volunteer at UPARC, a center for the developmentally challenged.