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💼 Past Experience

Bill Davison began his career at Hillix Brewer Hoffhaus Whitaker & Wright in September 1993. He was corporate generalist at this law firm, which was a mid-size Kansas City law firm. He also worked as a director at Sprint Nextel from July 1997 to March 2012. He was a director and legal department group leader at this company, which was a Sprint company. He also had a staff of 10-15 professionals at this company, which was a Sprint company. He was a lead attorney on many strategic transactions, including a unique business development transaction (network sharing, network hosting, MVNO, and other strategic relationships). He was a past experience with responsibility for third-party distribution, content licensing, and traditional wireless and wireline transactions.Bill Davison started at SB Product Group in July 2013 in San Francisco Bay Area. He was a Vice President, Strategy & Business Development at this company, working with SoftBank, Brightstar, Sprint, and others in the SoftBank family of companies. He was responsible for developing and managing U.S. and international business development and intercompany opportunities. He was in charge of numerous intercompany transactions and initiatives across all three companies. Bill Davison was directly report to SoftBank executive based in the U.S. The tasks he took on at SB Product Group included leadership of Sprint's Network Real Estate team, overseeing Sprint's owned and leased network real estate assets. He was also responsible for creating and managing strategic partnership, investment, and joint venture opportunities.As a part of the Transformation Office, working through opportunities to radically change the way Sprint does business, Bill Davison focused on those initiatives that struck the appropriate balance across growth, innovation, and optimization. His areas of focus included mobile advertising (including M&A), network infrastructure and spectrum sharing, network real estate investments and strategies, and other investment and partnering opportunities for Sprint. At Lendlease, he helped guide Lendlease growth strategies and initiatives, and he was specifically in charge of guiding Lendlease's growth in the area of innovative and disruptive business models and transactions in the telecommunications infrastructure space. He is also responsible for developing and managing strategic transformation measures which will improve Sprint's business performance.Bill Davison is also currently working as an Assistant Managing Director at Sprint Nextel in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a leader of the team responsible for identifying, developing, structuring, and managing strategic Partnership, Investment, and Joint Venture opportunities. He is also a responsible for advising and advocating for Sprint on behalf of its shareholders. In this role, he is working with clients such as SoftBank, Brightstar, Sprint, and others in the SoftBank family of companies.

🎓 Education

Bill Davison has a M.B.A. from Drake University, a College of Business and Public Administration from 1990 to 1993, and a JD from Drake University Law School in 1993. In addition, he also has aachelors degree in business from the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business from 1986 to 1990.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Bill Davison has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a J.D. from the University of Kansas. He has more than 10 years of experience in law, business, and technical organizations.Bill Davison is a skilled and experienced quarterman. He has been with several biglaw clients during the course of his career and has helped them each find and close major deals. Davison also has a long track record of developing and managing strategic alliances.Aboard Sprint, Davison was responsible for developing strategic partnerships and transactions. He guiding Sprint through its rapid growth, while also overseeing its network Real Estate holdings and leading the charge for innovative business models.Davison has also been a senior adviser to the Japanese SoftBank Group. In this role, he helped SoftBank develop new business opportunities in the telecommunications infrastructure space.Davison has a strong track record of interpersonal skills. He has won numerous awards and honors including being elected to the National Men’s Law Society’s Hall of Fame. He is also a frequent speaker on legal and legal-related topics.Bill Davison has a great ability to network and build relationships with people. He is very good at staying up to date on the latest changes in the legal and business worlds and has deep knowledge of all aspects of telecommunications. Davison is able to build consensus and relationships quickly and effectively. Davison will foster a positive working environment and make sure everyone is on the same page.