Bernard L. Palowitch, Jr. is President of Iknow LLC. He is also an Engagement Director, where he is responsible for managing the complete project lifecycle of Iknow's consulting assignments, and an Account Executive for some of Iknow's major clients. He has 28 years of consulting and project management experience.

Prior to founding Iknow, Mr. Palowitch was a Senior Partner in Ernst & Young's management consulting practice. At E&Y, Mr. Palowitch sold and directed client assignments at many of the leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. He was the firm's global service line leader for both Strategy Services and Knowledge Management in these industries.

Mr. Palowitch was Corporate Director of Business Reengineering at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. In this role, he initiated, planned, and directed strategic and process reengineering projects across the company. Mr. Palowitch began his career at McKinsey and Company, where he was a Senior Project Manager. At McKinsey, he led numerous consulting engagements at clients across many process, assembly, and technology-based industries.

Mr. Palowitch received a Doctor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Management from the Sloan School at M.I.T. He received undergraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering and Economics from the University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Palowitch has performed over 120 consulting assignments across all industry sectors and project types. His clients have included Pfizer, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, DaimlerChrysler, Merck, Dow Jones, GlaxoSmithKline, Raytheon, British Petroleum, Roche, Detroit Edison, PPG Industries, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, and Shell Oil Company.