Bill is an experienced public company executive who has successfully grown organizations through organic development of new product lines and acquisition of both public and private entities. He has been on the due diligence and integration team for over twenty-five acquisitions. He is a results driven leader with significant operational and margin improving successes.

He recently worked with the executive team at LiveLeaf Bioscience as the interim COO. He helped them recast the business to provide core technology licensing and private label manufacturing. Additionally, he identified a low cost manufacturing source and implemented a monthly sales and operations planning process. He collaborated with the CFO to develop a focused business plan to raise the final investment round needed to reach profitability.

He most recently left Natus Medical (Nasdaq: BABY) after ten years as an Officer with responsibility for North American Operations. He was recruited to help restore profitability, add operational structure and assist in the growth from $27MM to $360MM. He was responsible for the operational due diligence and integration of fifteen acquisitions ranging in size from $2MM to $95MM. He led the other Officer team to define the worldwide integration strategy and timing for each acquisition in order to meet the accretive integration goals. He also directly managed five North American subsidiaries ($160MM). He has previous leadership experience with Nellcor, Square D Company and 3M.

Key Skills

• Managing multiple divisions both domestic and international
• Assessment of operations to define upside opportunities
• Acquisition due diligence and post close integration
• Senior management team building
• Implementing corporate-wide culture change
• Developing program and product development systems and teams

He has been awarded thirteen patents in the digital media, software and medical device fields. He is soon to publish his first management book titled “Up from the Crowd: Lessons to Help Managers Become Effective Leaders”.