Bill Wescott Email & Phone Number

Provide guidance on innovation, infrastructure, and international collaboration to the Council and its stakeholders.

Woodinville, Wa

Provide sustainability and strategic consulting services to governments, MNCs, investors and startups. Example projects: development and articulation of Italy’s cleantech sector strategy for the Italian Minister of Environment; sustainability strategy guidance for a leading consumer goods MNC; strategic guidance for technology startup (securing first funding, partnerships, overall company strategy); guidance to structure a new water technology fund; development of the unconventional energy sector strategy for a MNC.

San Francisco/Seattle

(Formerly The CoSMo Company - USA) Responsible for the overall development and operation of the subsidiary organization, working with top partners across key domains in infrastructure.

Lyon/Seattle/San Francisco

(Formerly The CoSMo Company) Part of the top management team creating and implementing the overall strategy and development of the company to achieve ambitious growth, impact, and profitability targets Responsible for creating and leading CoSMo’s business in North America and for developing global partnerships with organizations based in the Americas

Paris/Chicago/Seattle

 Created and implemented strategic engagement process around critical topics of business model and technology innovation, economic development, and sustainable development for key clients and stakeholders Co-founded and co-directed the Veolia Innovation Accelerator, which attracted over 300 startups, resulted in over a dozen partnerships, and created one of the top cleantech innovator brands in Silicon Valley and other cleantech clusters; responsible for developing relationships with top investors and key stakeholders Provided strategic insight for new initiatives such as sustainable cities, digital environmental services, strategic technology roadmaps, and innovation partnership models.

San Francisco Bay Area

 Established advisory services as a new business, creating the strategy, new business models, and partnerships to complement the data, network, and insight provided through the core offerings. Sold and led key initial client assignments, including branding and innovation sourcing support for a major European multinational environmental services company, investment support tools and data for a large international investor, China cleantech entry strategy for a major IT company, identification/profiling of potential cleantech innovation partners for various international clients.

Cupertino, Ca And Seattle, Wa

Provider of consulting and technology-based learning, collaboration and knowledge management solutions to organizations in the Americas to make them more sustainable economically, socially and environmentally. Presence in US, Brazil, and Mexico.  Conceptualized and built this new venture, which was named # 1 startup in Latin America by the investor group Latin Venture Recognized as an eLearning leader by The Institute of the Americas, Online Learning, Brandon-Hall, The Conference Board and The Distance Education Report

Cambridge, Ma/Rome/São Paulo/Mexico City/Philadelphia

 Youngest Senior Consultant and Director promoted within or retained from outside ADL  Provided services for environmental sustainability, technology assessment, corporate social responsibility, corporate strategy, organizational development, performance measurement and communication, organizational learning, new venture planning  Established ADL’s Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Practice and the EHS Training Institute in Latin America (1992) and managed the unit for five years based in São Paulo, Brazil Delivered presentations to CEOs, COOs, CFOs and Boards of many companies as well as top leaders of government and NGO organizations  Worked with 100+ client organizations in four languages in more than thirty countries on six continents

Bse, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Princeton Environmental Action, NJ Environmental Lobby Board, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies.

Ph.D., Organizational Behavior

Ms, Engineering And Public Policy

Education record

Activities and Societies: Student Body President, Silver Knight - General Scholarship