Bill has 41 years of management experience, 30 years with Walmart in the areas of Store Planning, Multi Format Retail Operations, integration, procurement, change management and training. He has created and set global standards for designing, openings, training and operating multi format retail units around the Globe. Bill also was instrumental in increasing WMT store count and creating cost reduction in the Canada, Mexico, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil, England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Russia, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea markets as well as the US. Bill created and implemented global best-practice processes at regional and global levels increasing performance, reduction of time to market for project completions and directing and installing teams around the globe to carry out these duties.Bill’s proficiency is in store planning, operations and design of multi format retail units. During his time in store planning he was accountable for the addition of over 4,667 retail units globally, adding in excess of 350,000,000+ square feet of space to Wal-Mart's Global profile. In addition established and directed the recycling efforts of over 4,000 units around the globe.In his roles, Bill utilized his global experience to design and approach global expansion, set and achieve goals for speed to market, costs, profit, fixtures, material handling equipment, service to the customer and organizational objectives. Retiring from Walmart Bill became an advisor for Metro Gaisano, a Philippine based retailer. His history and experiences help implementation and to be a change agent for new ways of moving forward, created a more proactive/cross-trained organization and prepared the company for a several hundred store expansion plan over the next several years. In addition, he was responsible in designing 20+ multiple proto type retail units for future growth and establishing a strong retail presence in the future.