Executive Officers
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William "Bill" L. Morgan, Jr.CEO & Consulting Principal |
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Mr. Morgan is an Avistas Founding Principal, CEO and International Management Consultant with 30 years of proven experience leading major business growth and transformation initiatives relying upon secure Information and Communications Technology (ICT) deployments around the world.
Mr. Morgan began his career developing sustainable “smart” solutions for major economic development initiatives including self-sustained master planned developments, smart cities and smart countries leveraging “smart technologies" before the Internet and Internet of Things. Two early initiatives began circa 1990 and are still active today. Gaylord Entertainment Company’s then new destination resort with integrated venues including a theme park, water park, live music, live entertainment and thematic restaurants known as “Fiesta Texas” where Mr. Morgan master planned the ICT mission critical infrastructure and integrated cabling systems connecting phones, point-of-sale, security, surveillance, access control, paging, audio visual (AV), sensors and special effects related to integrated firework controls.
Another sustainable initiative (still active today) included Mr. Morgan’s conception, design, specification and deployment of the mission critical ICT infrastructure supporting a Special Purpose Vehicle (“Interlocal Agency” aka “private cloud”) known today as the Greater Austin Area Telecommunications Network (GAATN) - a 350+ route mile integrated fiber optic network (sub-private clouds) supporting Austin Independent School District, City of Austin, Travis County, State of Texas Department of Information Resources, Austin Community College, The University of Texas at Austin, and Lower Colorado River Authority connecting more than 500 locations for all of their secured communications (voice, video, data, sensors, etc.) while saving the participants over $25M USD per year.
Mr. Morgan is recognized for the ability to rapidly identify solutions, prioritize the critical path, then organize and lead innovative growth initiatives. He has proven success in advanced strategies, due diligence, business development, capital development, product development, marketing, executive leadership organization, planning, operations, information communications & technologies and support.
He is a member of the Security Industry Association and has participated in many other international standards bodies with the development and harmonization of interoperable software security products. Mr. Morgan has made dozens of appearances on FOX, CBS and other nationally syndicated radio shows along with local TV affiliates as a cybersecurity expert addressing and commenting on current online threats ranging from clickjacking, identity theft and cyber bullying.
Mr. Morgan has presented at major technical conferences including ASIS regarding Security ROI, ISC Solutions on Leveraging the Power of the One-Card Solutions for Higher Education, and at DOJ's Annual Cybersecurity Conference on Managing Risk in a Dynamic Environment. Mr. Morgan supports major Economic Development initiatives both domestic and international relating to intelligent "smart" cities, ICT operating companies and related cloud services (G2G, G2C, G2B, B2B, B2C, etc.). One of his most notable accomplishments included the original ICT master planning for the King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Morgan has served independently as a Senior Technical Advisor on behalf of the World Bank to oversee the design, development, commissioning, staffing and operations of the Rwanda National Data Center (Tier IV architecture) and Internet Virtual Landing Point including the security of those technology assets and services housed within this significant Kigali facility. It currently operates, manages and protects over $380+ million USD of broadband technology assets supporting the East African Community's emerging cloud services markets.
Mr. Morgan received his Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Engineering Technology from Texas A&M University.
