Tim Williams

Founder and President, Ignition Consulting Group

Salt Lake City, Utah USA

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Tim Williams is one of the leading voices in transforming the business models of advertising agencies and other professional service firms.  As founder of the international consultancy Ignition Consulting Group, Tim is a noted author, speaker, and presenter for industry associations, agency networks, and business conferences worldwide.  

His work has taken him literally around the world, where he has helped transform professional service firms on every continent.  Along the way, Tim has written two books, Take a Stand for Your Brand, ranked by Amazon as one of the top ten books on brand building and Positioning for Professionals: How Professional Service Firms Can Differentiate Their Way to Success.

Based on his expertise in building differentiated professional service brands, Tim has been interviewed and quoted by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, The Guardian, Toronto Globe & Mail, Australian Financial Review, Huffington Post, Bloomberg News, Campaign Asia, Marketing Week, Japan’s Nikkei News, and numerous other business publications both here and abroad.

Tim writes the popular blog Propulsion and serves as a global LinkedIn Influencer, writing on marketing and business strategy.  He is also a monthly columnist for the magazine Admap, an international publication edited for marketing thought leaders. 

As a consultant to marketing firms, Tim has worked with hundreds of agencies ranging from mid-size independents to multinational agency networks and global holding companies.  Before forming Ignition, Tim held President/CEO positions at several independent U.S. agencies after having worked for multinational agencies Ogilvy & Mather, Burson-Marsteller in New York and elsewhere.