Bill Knowlton
Risk Management and Business Law
For over two decades Bill was in private law practice, with an emphasis on business law and
litigation. He served a term as a Criminal District Attorney, and later was appointed for four
months to sit as a County Judge during the illness of the elected official.
Bill also served as General Counsel for Data Line Service Company, an IT Outsourcing entity
that specialized in the banks and savings institutions.
From 1994 to the present, he has provided process development and contract negotiations
for Dell Computer, AT&T Solutions, MCC, Systemhouse, EDS and Perot Systems Corporation.
Bill joined Systemhouse (IT Oursourcing) in 1998, and created new procedures and policies
to centralize the procurement program ($400M annual volume). He was a member of the
SHL/EDS merger committee when Systemhouse was purchased by EDS for $1.6B.
Bill joined Perot Systems Corporation in 2002 as a member of the Healthcare Business Unit
to develop best practices for purchasing and vendor relations. For the next two years he
served as the PSC Director of Global Procurement. For each of those years his team
exceeded all financial and contracting goals, including obtaining the highest rating for cost
savings and cost control.
Bill also coordinated the PSC telecommunications strategy (including negotiation of the
carrier Master Agreements) and supervised the development of the subcontract labor
program. As periodically requested, he also directly negotiated other major vendor contracts
and relationships.
In 2007 Bill became the Director of Asset Management for customer delivery requirements
and reporting. After establishing the AM procedures and program, Bill resigned from
Perot Systems in 2009 to resume his private law practice and consulting.
