Bill is also a rising star on the professional speaking circuit. He's a nationally recognized expert on networking and has been called "the best in the business" in training people how to pitch their projects. His most recent talk, Our Economic Outlook: The Movie! has been lauded as “Spot on!”, “TED-worthy,” and “What we all need right now.” He's been the top-rated speaker at conferences and events around the country for organizations like the Minnesota Social Services Administration, the Career Management Alliance, the Midwest Energy Association/Energetic Women, The Prouty Project, and Naturopathic Dr. News & Review.
Shamefree Self-Promotion, Bill's groundbreaking method to help people find their value...and words to talk about it, has helped top companies like Symantec, Target, Best Buy, and LifeTouch Studios increase revenue and internal morale. In 2009, Bill has adapted his method to aid job seekers, and his talks and workshops have received highest marks from numerous career counseling organizations, including the Dakota County Workforce Center, the Southwest Job Network, and the Phoenix Workforce Connection.
Bill also teaches and speaks around the country about screenwriting and breaking into the movie business. In addition to receiving rave notices for talks in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Chicago, he's been a featured panelist, moderator, and favorite pitch competition jurist at the Austin Film Festival’s screenwriters conference four years running. Bill is one of the Great American Pitchfest’s acclaimed StoryLink AllStars, and he also recently concluded a stint as an artist-in-residence at IFP, where he taught screenwriting and pitching.
In addition, Bill has nearly a decade of experience in Corporate America as a Project Manager, Business Director, and Director of Communications for Fortune 100 companies. In 1996, Bill headed up the team of pioneers that facilitated the first "mega-migration" in the managed pharmacy industry, successfully consolidating data for nearly one-and-a-half million members from four different pharmacy benefit managers to a single system. He was tapped by SmithKline Beecham in 1997 to spearhead an effort to help define the value equation and operations requirements to propagate managed pharmacy throughout Europe. Later, Bill oversaw the division that managed pharmacy benefits for the largest segment of UnitedHealth Group's pharmacy business, managing implementation, operations, and benefits for nearly 4 million lives worldwide.
In 2000, Bill was recruited to as Director of Communications for Express Scripts, Inc.'s Site Operations Division. In this capacity, Bill was responsible for the information flow for the company's eight call centers and six mail order pharmacies, representing 10,000 employees. Bill was a bleeding-edge visionary with respect to integrating knowledge management principles into the corporate culture. His work culminated in the design and implementation of proprietary web-based applications that improved information clarity, accessibility, and flow for customer service and mail order representatives, resulting in a 30% reduction in handling time for inbound customer service calls.
Bill also worked as a freelance writer, editor, and consultant. In 2005, he was commissioned to edit the critically acclaimed memoir, A Hunt for Justice: The True Story of Woman Undercover Wildlife Agent, by Lucinda Schroeder. His work has also yielded impressive results for national companies such as Land 'O Lakes, Cannon Solutions, and Deluxe Checks.
