Kurt Williams

Kurt Williams is an experienced technology professional with a diverse background in various roles. Kurt is currently working as the Chief Technology Officer at Halosight, where they contribute to the development of an augmented analytics app for Salesforce. Prior to this, in 2019, Kurt served as the CTO for an early-stage startup, where they focused on researching, de-risking, and product market fitting.

From 2017 to 2019, Kurt worked at Salesforce as the Senior Director of Product Management. In this role, they led product and process improvement efforts for merchandising tools and was responsible for experience redesign for enterprise commerce tools. Kurt also made strategic decisions based on product data science and designed e-commerce customer experience orchestration solutions.

Before joining Salesforce, Kurt was the Managing Partner at Hapria - Customer Experience Design Software in 2016. There, they specialized in design thinking, customer journey mapping, and lean product design.

From 2012 to 2016, Kurt held multiple roles at InMoment, including Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer. As CTO, they played a key role in architecting InMoment's SaaS platform, scaling it internationally, and leading a team of engineers and DevOps professionals. Kurt also designed and implemented various products and pioneered the adoption of text and speech analytics, filing three patents for intellectual property.

In 1999, Kurt worked as the Director of Product Management at BlueStep, a software startup focused on digital communications for non-profit organizations and associations. Kurt created the product and technology vision for a web-scale collaboration platform and managed a team of designers and engineers.

Prior to BlueStep, Kurt was the Director of Web Development at SunGard (now part of FIS) from 1997 to 1999. Kurt created highly interactive web-based solutions for major clients and re-launched a flagship product as a browser-based web application.

Kurt began their career as a Software Engineer at The Hoehne Group in 1994 and worked as a Programmer at Unisys Government Systems from 1992 to 1994.

Overall, Kurt Williams has extensive experience in technology leadership, product management, customer experience design, and software development, with a strong focus on utilizing data and analytics to drive strategic decisions.

Kurt Williams earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Economics from Weber State University, where they studied from 1988 to 1996. In January 2018, they obtained a certification in Leading Authentically from the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute.