meet gerald b. williams, ph.d.

president - aspen university

Gerald B. Williams, Ph.D.

"High quality education is the foundation of continuing opportunity, innovation and progress. To make it broadly available, we've created a dynamic learning community where students work rigorously to achieve their goals, at their pace, on their schedules, where they live and within their means. This is the Aspen University experience."

Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Williams holds a Masters Degree in Statistics and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from Miami University, as well as a Doctorate in Computer Science with a focus on artificial intelligence and automated reasoning from Northwestern University. He has also studied architecture at the School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of Cincinnati and at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.

Through the late 1980s and the 1990s, he was a scientist in the Center for Strategic Technology Research at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture Technology Labs) in Chicago where he also served as Director of Technology Transfer. The Center collaborated with top research universities including M.I.T., Stanford University, University of Texas, Harvard University, USC, University of Chicago, Northwestern University and the University of Illinois among others.

Gerry has served in faculty and/or administrative roles at Miami University, Northwestern University, William Jewell College, Rockhurst University and The University of Missouri Kansas City where he led classes in the Executive MBA program at The Bloch School of Business and Public Administration.

He is the founder and managing member of G. Williams Consulting, LLC. In this capacity, he works with a wide range of corporate, academic, and non-profit organizations to design, develop, implement and deliver solutions for issues of organizational performance.