Dan Williams

Executive Consultant

Dan is an executive consultant with Zweig Group, putting his 40-year career in AEC to work for our clients. Starting as a design engineer, Dan has experienced essentially every aspect of the profession. For the last 15 years of his career he served as COO and then CEO and guided his firm during rapid growth from 200 to over 700 employees while opening 19 new offices. His firm finished both in the top three of the Zweig Best Firms to Work For and as a Zweig Hot Firm for five consecutive years.Dan is now offering his expertise to Zweig, providing business consulting, strategic planning, cultural initiatives, and executive coaching. Dan has extensive experience in developing effective boards, ownership transition strategies, organizational restructuring, internal training programs, mergers and acquisitions, and much more. He is currently completing his certification in executive coaching and is effective working one-on-one or with leadership groups.Dan served on the boards of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission – Science and Technology Division, the Arkansas Academy of Civil Engineering, the Arkansas Research Alliance, the Arkansas State Chamber, the UofA Engineering Advisory Council, and the executive committee of the North Little Rock Chamber. He is a graduate of the Arkansas State Chamber Leadership Arkansas Class VIII. He is the recipient of the College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award and was selected Arkansas Business Executive of the Year in 2019. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Arkansas and is a registered professional engineer in several states.
Dan is an executive consultant with Zweig Group, putting his 40-year career in AEC to work for our clients. Starting as a design engineer, Dan has experienced essentially every aspect of the profession. For the last 15 years of his career he served as COO and then CEO and guided his firm during rapid growth from 200 to over 700 employees while opening 19 new offices. His firm finished both in the top three of the Zweig Best Firms to Work For and as a Zweig Hot Firm for five consecutive years.Dan is now offering his expertise to Zweig, providing business consulting, strategic planning, cultural initiatives, and executive coaching. Dan has extensive experience in developing effective boards, ownership transition strategies, organizational restructuring, internal training programs, mergers and acquisitions, and much more. He is currently completing his certification in executive coaching and is effective working one-on-one or with leadership groups.Dan served on the boards of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission – Science and Technology Division, the Arkansas Academy of Civil Engineering, the Arkansas Research Alliance, the Arkansas State Chamber, the UofA Engineering Advisory Council, and the executive committee of the North Little Rock Chamber. He is a graduate of the Arkansas State Chamber Leadership Arkansas Class VIII. He is the recipient of the College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award and was selected Arkansas Business Executive of the Year in 2019. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Arkansas and is a registered professional engineer in several states.