Bill Nussey is a career tech CEO with three successful exits, including an IPO. He has also been an Investor with venture capital firm, Greylock. After IBM acquired his company, he became IBM’s VP Corporate Strategy, helping lead the company’s overall strategy. As a CEO, his companies have raised more than $400 million, created thousands of jobs and billions in shareholder value.
In Bill’s groundbreaking 2004 book, The Quiet Revolution, he was one of the first authors to reveal the underlying trends and predict the roadmap that ultimately led to the revolution in digital marketing. In his latest work, Freeing Energy, he explores the much larger shift as the world transitions to clean energy as well as the opportunities and obstacles associated with it.
The journey to write his newest book began with his 2017 TED Talk, which grew into 100+ articles and, most recently, the popular Feeing Energy Podcast. He received a degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Bill is an avid reader, an avowed nerd, and he loves movies. He and his wife, Melinda, live in Atlanta, Georgia. They are both involved with several local energy projects serving disadvantaged communities in Africa and the US.