Cory Lee Cannon is the President and CEO of Knoco International, a global knowledge management consulting and training organization operating across more than 40 countries. With over 26 years of experience in Knowledge Management (KM), Data Management, Organizational Intelligence (OI), and Artificial Intelligence (AI), he specializes in helping organizations transform fragmented information and institutional knowledge into trusted intelligence that supports strategic decision-making and organizational performance.

A retired U.S. military officer with more than 21 years of service in the United States Marine Corps and U.S. Army, Cory has extensive experience leading knowledge and information management initiatives within the U.S. Department of Defense. His career includes assignments supporting multinational, combined, and joint military operations in Iraq, Kuwait, and South Korea, where he developed and implemented knowledge management capabilities across tactical, operational, and strategic echelons. His subsequent service as a federal civilian further strengthened his expertise in enterprise knowledge governance, organizational learning, and decision-support systems.

Cory is the developer of the Organizational Knowledge Loop (OKL) Model, a framework designed to explain how organizations transform data into actionable intelligence and informed decisions across multiple organizational levels. His research examines the relationships among data integrity, knowledge validation, organizational learning, and decision-making, particularly as organizations increasingly integrate artificial intelligence into their operations.

He is the author of Executive Knowledge Management: How Leaders Turn Data into Decisions in the Age of AI and a contributing author of Strategic Intelligence for the Knowledge Economy. His publications and professional work emphasize the importance of establishing reliable knowledge management foundations before implementing advanced AI capabilities.

Currently a PhD candidate in Knowledge and Innovation Management at Bangkok University, Cory combines academic research with extensive operational and executive leadership experience. He holds professional certifications in Knowledge Management and has contributed to professional education, executive development, and organizational transformation initiatives.

Through his leadership at Knoco International, Cory advocates for a fundamental shift from traditional Knowledge Management toward Organizational Intelligence, integrating knowledge, data, innovation, governance, and AI to help organizations improve decision quality, institutional resilience, and long-term performance.