The University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business
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Kevin WilliamsLecturerDepartment of Marketing MBA, The University of Texas at Austin BBA, University of North Texas |
Kevin Williams develops and teaches graduate courses at the
McCombs School of Business. His research interests include
entrepreneurship, innovation and value creation.
Mr. Williams was a Venture Partner with ARCH Venture Partners from
1999 to 2005 where he was involved in seed and early-stage
technology investing. Before that, he
was the COO of Sandefer Capital Partners, a private equity fund. At
both funds, he took an active role in deal evaluation, due
diligence, negotiation of terms and the management of portfolio
companies. Mr. Williams was founder and CEO of Zeoponics, Inc., a
NASA biotechnology spin-off. Preceding his entrepreneurial and
investment activities, Mr. Williams spent 14 years in various
marketing and business development positions with Rockwell
International and Texas Instruments.
Business students at McCombs have rewarded Mr. Williams’ outstanding
teaching with many honors, including: Faculty Honor Roll for TEMBA
(Texas Evening MBA) Class of 2007; Outstanding Elective Professor,
Graduating MBA Class of 2007; Faculty Honor Roll Full Time MBA Fall
2006; and Faculty Honor Roll for TEMBA Class of 2005.



