William Kirkland is speaking at the SC Christian Chamber Luncheon Wednesday, July 17th @11:30 at Hope Plaza? Bill will share with us how Jesus Christ has changed his life professionally and personally. Bill Kirkland joined the USC / Columbia Technology Incubator as the Entrepreneur in Residence to provide early stage companies with strategic and operational planning, business development and investor management. Bill is also a Managing Partner of LK Global Consulting LLC. Prior to founding LK Global Consulting, LLC, Bill served as the President & Chief Executive Officer of Collexis Holdings, Inc. He was the company?s co-founder, helping to bring European and its subsidiaries to Reed Elsevier in June of 2010. While at Collexis, he raised over $20M in private funds from global investors. Prior to joining Collexis, Bill spent two decades serving in executive management positions with both IBM and Pfizer. Bill earned a degree from the University of South Carolina.