John Weathington, President & CEO of Excellent Management Systems, Inc.
  • Strategy
    Strategy

    "John has served the association diligently and with a high degree of professionalism and integrity. John has been a pleasure to work with on the board and in the Executive Committee. The more I’ve gotten to know John, the more I appreciate his skills. In addition to deep subject matter competence John is also a good communicator, collaborator and team player." --Brett LaDove, Past President, Institute of Management Consultants

  • Information
    Information

    At Visa, Inc. John mobilized and managed the company's enterprise data strategy, consisting of 150 projects over 45 initiatives and 5 major tracks galvanizing the company's vision and mission in its use of data and information.

  • Leadership Development
    Leadership Development

    "Just a quick note of appreciation for your contribution to the [Sr. Director's] executive coaching project. I find it fantastic how I can just throw you into almost anything and you use your knowledge of process and technical organizations to do the job well." --Jennifer Selby Long, Owner, Selby Group

  • Excellent Results
    Excellent Results

    For over 20 years, John Weathington, President and CEO, has delivered excellent results to Fortune 500 companes including Visa, eBay, Hewlett-Packard, and Sun Microsystems.

  • Compliance
    Compliance

    "I want to thank you very much for your support in our GSA litigation effort. We appreciate your ability to quickly model the client’s landscape, and provide insightful data investigation, discovery, and statistical analysis. Because of your incredible turnaround we were able to build a solid, data-based defense very quickly." --Michael F. Mason, Partner, Hogan and Hartson

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Client Results

For over 20 years we've helped companies and individuals achieve strategic goals, improve critical processes, and leverage the power of information.

  • At Visa, Inc., John managed the mobilization of the company's enterprise data strategy consisting of over 150 projects, 45 initiatives, and 5 major tracks.
  • At PayPal, John worked with leaders in their European marketing division to build a sophisticated consumer retention information system.
  • At Dell, John worked with leaders in product management to help develop and execute their business intelligence product strategy.

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Double-down on your Big Data resources

June 13, 2013
Double-Down: New article published for TechRepublic: "Double-down on your Big Data resources" In it, I discuss doubling your data scientists for maximum return on investment.

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The Big Data magic act

June 4, 2013
Magic: New article published for TechRepublic: "The Big Data magic act" In it, I discuss the important strategic concept of causal ambiguity: using Big Data to keep the competition guessing.

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With Big Data, what’s better–qualities or quantities?

May 15, 2013
Research: New article published for TechRepublic: "With Big Data, what’s better–qualities or quantities?" In it, I discuss the importance of aligning research method with your Big Data strategy.

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Get a woman’s touch on your Big Data team

April 24, 2013
Women: New article published for TechRepublic: "Get a woman’s touch on your Big Data team" In it, I discuss how women can improve your big data strategy team.

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To get Big Data buy-in, IT should let go of proof of concept

April 11, 2013
Proof of Value: New article published for TechRepublic: "To get Big Data buy-in, IT should let go of proof of concept" In it, I discuss a better way to prove Big Data concepts.

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Featured Client Success Story

Customer Loyalty at Visa

At Visa, I was hired by the head of Global Loyalty, to help set priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. The result was a strategic intent and targeted, one-year roadmap for enhancing their customer loyalty platform.

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Silicon Valley State of Mind

I Love This Job! June 03, 2013 Do happy employees create successful organizations? Well, according to Glassdoor, the happiest companies in Silicon Valley are: Facebook Google LinkedIn Apple Informatica Shutterfly NetApp After scanning this list, I’d say these companies are pretty successful. And although it’s debatable which came first—success or happy employees—most of the extant literature on organizational development confirms the great contribution that happy employees make to successful companies.…