David Thomson

David is founder and Chairman of The Blueprint Growth Institute, a specialized management-consulting firm focused on helping companies create business development and growth strategies to successfully achieve exceptional or exponential growth. David's billion-dollar business building experience, combined with his McKinsey & Company consulting background, provides a unique ability to turn insights into actions.

He is the author of the best-selling book, Blueprint to a Billion®: 7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth (John Wiley & Sons) that provides the first quantitative identification of the success patterns of America’s highest growth companies that he calls the "Blueprint Companies". His book has been released across Asia in Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and China. SoundView Book Summaries awarded the Blueprint to a Billion as one of the top 30 business books for 2006. It was recently ranked the #4 best selling book for 2007 at 800CEOREAD.com. David Thomson has been described by Investor's Business Daily as "Management Guru uncovers patterns behind billion-dollar firms."

As a consultant, business advisor and distinguished keynote speaker, he has worked with senior executives in many mid-sized companies and business units ranging from million dollar companies to multi-billion dollar business units. David also serves as a board member for Primal Fusion, Inc. located in Waterloo, Ontario. David graduated with an Electrical Engineering Degree for the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. He resides with his family in Overland Park, Kansas.