Bill Shouldice

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Pres and CEO @ The Vermont Country Store
Rutland, VT, US
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Rutland, Vermont, United States, United States
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About Bill Shouldice

Bill Shouldice is a Pres and CEO at The Vermont Country Store.

Bill Shouldice's Current Company Details
The Vermont Country Store

The Vermont Country Store

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Pres and CEO
Rutland, VT, US
Website:
vermontcountrystore.com
Employees:
276
Bill Shouldice Work Experience Details
  • The Vermont Country Store
    Pres And Ceo
    The Vermont Country Store
    Rutland, Vt, Us
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  • The Vermont Country Store
    Pres/Ceo
    The Vermont Country Store
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  • The Vermont Country Store
    President And Chief Executive Officer
    The Vermont Country Store 2003 - Present
    Manchester Center, Vt
    VCS is a 65 year-old, family-owned business, with sales of well over $100 million.Hired to turn this this family run business into a high performance, team orientated, sustainable business to be transitioned back to family management in seven to ten years. • Posted best in class profits with consistent distributions to shareholders year over year while concurrently making significant capital investment for the future of the company.• Up-dated the technology platform (enterprise and e-commerce).• Built a family team capable of taking the business forward and brought in an executive team that would ultimately report to family leadership. Reinvested in all employees and introduced a company-wide wellness program.• Directed a major brand assessment and made strategic investments in growing the customer base, redeveloping retail space, and increasing sales per customer, sales per call, catalogue sales and internet sales.• Moved company from a catalog centric business, to a true multi-channel retailer (catalog, web, and retail stores) ready to compete in the retail space.
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  • The Vermont Country Store
    Executive Vice President
    The Vermont Country Store 2003 - 2005
    Manchester, Vt
    Responsible for all day-to-day operations of the company.
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  • Orton Family Foundation
    President And Chief Executive Officer
    Orton Family Foundation 1998 - 2003
    Rutland,Vt
    With funding derived from the profits of the Vermont Country Store, the Foundation was established to develop tools and resources to help rural communities decide how they wanted to grow and implement policies to ensure that they worked toward a shared community vision. It was to help citizens of rural America define the future, shape the growth, and preserve the heritage of their communities. It gives communities in 46 ststes the tools necessary to make decisions on their own and while facilitating the community and land-use decision making process.• Took Foundation from start-up phase to a private operating foundation that made an impact in communities across rural America.• invested in the development of CommunityViz®, its flagship GIS-based 3D visualization and decision-support tool• In communities across the US, CommunityViz came to represent the Foundation’s vision for how innovative technology could help elevate and inform the planning process while assisting communities in imagining new possibilities for the future.• Funded and helped launch the Vermont Forum on Sprawl, a resource for smart growth planning that quickly became one of the state’s leading advocacy groups and a national model.• Recognizing a need for civic engagement methods and tools alongside planning technologies like CommunityViz, the Foundation’s flagship GIS-based 3D visualization and decision-support tool, built a series of new program initiatives includingCommunity Video, a program that engages people in the collaborative creation and premier of a video about their communities’ values and vision for the future. • Published Hands On the Land (Jan Albers, MIT Press, 2000), an award-winning history of land use in Vermont that became a valuable teaching tool.• Appointed to the Board of Directors of Vermont Country Stores.
  • Vermont Commerce And Community Development Agency
    Secretary
    Vermont Commerce And Community Development Agency 1995 - 1998
    Montpelier, Vt
    • Directed an enormously successful statewide jobs creation program, Grow Vermont.• Secured Community Block grants throughout the state. • Championed the passage of the Downtown Development bill which to provided financial incentives for developers in historic downtown Rutland.• Brokered a joint venture between ski areas, manufacturing and retail business to promote ski destinations throughout the state – Vermont Makes it Special.
  • Vermont Commerce And Community Development Agency
    Deputy Secretary
    Vermont Commerce And Community Development Agency 1993 - 1995
    Montpelier, Vt
    Responsible for the departments of: Economic Development, Tourism and Marketing (including Vermont Life magazine), Housing and Community Affairs, and the Division of Historic Preservation and Historic Sites. Appointed by Governor Howard Dean.
  • Rutland Economic Development Corp
    Executive Director
    Rutland Economic Development Corp 1986 - 1993
    The Rutland Economic Development Corp is a not-for-profit started in 1937 to assist the cities and towns of Rutland County with community and economic development projects and the creation well paying jobs. Reported to the Board comprised of the leaders of the county’s major businesses.• Directed a trade commission on Rutland County to build awareness of the county and its resources.• Capitalized and administered a revolving loan fund, in part secured by a federal grant, to give businesses access to capital. • Secured funding to build a 5,500 square foot industrial building that was the anchor for a major industrial park.• Through the Vermont Industrial Loan Authority achieved record jobs creation and funding for businesses in the Rutland region.

Bill Shouldice Education Details

  • Harvard University
    Harvard University
    Senior Executives In State And Local Government
  • Merrimack College
    Merrimack College
    Political Science

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