Bill is an Associate Vice President of ISIS with expertise in four distinct areas: consulting/creativity, engineering, executive-level teaching, and market intelligence.As a consultant, he has assisted companies in the United States, Europe and Japan to identify and pursue new product and new business opportunities which leverage their technological, manufacturing, marketing, sales and financial strengths. Projects have been conducted in diverse industries and technologies including: catalysis, "breathable" plastics, biotechnology, geo-textiles, high-tech coatings, biochemistry, powdered metallurgy, robotics, high speed quality control, non-wovens, computer control systems for batch processes, and infrared systems. Clients have included DuPont, PPG, ITT, AT&T, Continental Group, Signode and Dexter Corporation. Results have included identification of new product/new business opportunities; identification of applications for existing or new products/technologies; and identification of acquisition candidates. Methodologies have often involved assembly and facilitation of teams of expert panels, in creative, idea generating/problem solving environments, to explore and expand client perspectives and business directions.
Bill is an expert in the field of creativity enhancement which has resulted from his close cooperation with the Creative Education Foundation in Buffalo, NY, a leading center for the evolution of creative problem solving thinking and techniques, and from substantial field experience with corporate management teams since 1978. As a group leader and facilitator, he has conducted seminars designed to pragmatically apply the theoretical facets of creativity to the realities of business and profitability. Seminars define and stress those techniques needed to evolve a "solution universe," and then demonstrate "down-stream processing" approaches to enable focusing on directions which optimally fit situational constraints, resources and budgets.
Earlier in his professional career, Bill utilized his engineering expertise in various assignments with AT&T including: manufacturing engineering and inspection of trans-Atlantic undersea cable; assuring compliance with specifications for cables produced in the US and UK; manufacturing engineering, specification and cost reduction for central office multiplexing equipment; and project management and government liaison for the Safeguard Anti-Ballistic Missile System.
Still earlier, and as Chairman of the Science Department of a private, secondary school, Bill was responsible for establishing curriculum and overseeing testing procedures, strategies and career counseling. Bill is a member of The Technology Transfer Society, The Product Development & Management Association, The American Chemical Society and The Materials Information Society. He holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. Bill is a citizen of the United States.
