TKA Leadership

The skill sets and experiences of TKA's principals integrate business strategy, information technology, and innovation.  We're problem-solvers with significant track records in building, strengthening, and defending the strategic competitiveness and business value of our clients.

Tim Powell - President

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In a career spanning four decades, Tim has served as a researcher and advisor to over one hundred leading organizations, including Abbott Laboratories, American Express, General Electric, KPMG, McGraw-Hill, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Revlon, Sony, the State of New York, the US Navy, John Wiley, and Xerox.
 
Tim is an internationally-published expert in econometrics, sales and marketing, corporate intelligence, and knowledge management.  He speaks frequently at business, professional, and academic forums worldwide. He holds BA and MBA degrees from Yale University.
 

Howard Bleiwas - Director of Technology Services

Howard has spent the last 18 years innovating in the application of technology to business challenges.  Having consulted for such prestigious organizations as the United Nations, UBS Paine Webber, AT&T and Citibank, Howard has also worked in a variety of industries such as finance, healthcare and education. Howard also has gained substantial experience in the areas of international banking and trade through his work with the above organizations as well as others.
 
Howard has created four technologies that are currently going through the U.S. patent process, including the Storage Connect™ product currently offered by AT&T. He has also served on the faculty of New York University (Graduate School of Arts & Science), specializing in computer applications in physical chemistry. He has co-authored a number of academic papers in the field.
 
Howard currently serves as president of Response Systems Corporation, a company collaborating with the TKA on advanced topics in Competitive Intelligence and Distributed Knowledge Management.  He runs TKA's Rockland County (NY) data center.
 

Reuben Danzing - Director of Strategic Business Intelligence

For over fourteen years, Reuben has served as a management consultant to major global and domestic companies in the Financial Services, Consumer Products, Telecommunications & Media, Health Care and other industries.
 
His primary focus centers on crafting business strategies that grow consumer/customer adoption. Additionally, he is an expert in business intelligence, pioneering an approach to help companies identify what information is critical to executing, validating, and updating their strategies over time.
 
Reuben previously worked at Dell Professional Services (DPS) and Ernst & Young’s Management Consulting division, where he co-authored the firm’s Performance Management methodology and served as a featured speaker on the subject. In addition, for Ernst & Young Consulting itself, he redesigned and managed all support activities for its global sales organization.
 
Reuben began his career as a Certified Public Accountant with Ernst & Young’s audit division, leading audits of financial statements and mortgage-backed securities issuances.
 
Reuben received his Masters in Public and Private Management at Yale University’s School of Management (1994) and his Bachelor of Science at the University of Virginia (1986).