Bill Coletti Email & Phone Number

I help PR, marketing, and digital agency founders transition from overwhelmed owners to confident CEOs with a clear growth strategy.

Austin, Texas, Us

Proud and excited to lead, grow and innovate a crisis communications and reputation management firm delivering insights and guidance during critical moments.

New York, Us

Lead six regional teams in business development, planning, and execution of reputation and risk management programs with primary focus on the North America, South America and Asia. Additionally led the career development of 300 global crisis communications professionals in 49 countries. Maintained an active personal strategic consulting practice working with companies such as: Target Corporation, Xerox, Home Depot, Deloitte, Cracker Barrel and numerous hospitals and health care companies.

New York, Us

Lead southern California offices for the new Hill & Knowlton Strategies. In this position directly managed a team of 40 communications professionals specializing in healthcare, entertainment and issues management.

Austin, Texas, Us

Prior the merger of Public Strategies, Inc. with international public relations firm, Hill and Knowlton in 2010, appointed Senior Strategist allowing flexibility to continue managing client campaigns while also driving cultural changes within the newly merged firms. Managed the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Post Fukushima response team, served as lead communications strategist for American Airlines’ joint venture renegotiations with Japan Airlines in Tokyo, as well as coordinated Massey Energy’s UBB mine disaster response.Appointed in 2005 to co-lead of the firm’s largest practice group and relocated to Public Strategies headquarters in Austin, Texas in 2006, owning P&L responsibility for approximately 50 people and $25 million in revenue creating 10% growth year over year with higher than industry standards client retention. Served as a member of the firm’s leadership team and coordinated business development activities nationwide. Successfully led various strategic revenue enhancement initiatives including the development of the Public Trust Monitor and Reputation Management offering as well as directing a number of high profile crisis and public affairs campaigns; including twice managing the merger communications of three major telecommunications companies into a$16 billion, and then ultimately into the nation’s dominant $86 billion telecommunications company.In early 2001, served as Managing Director responsible for leading the firm’s Florida operations. In this capacity, led teams focused on legislative and corporate campaigns ranging from crisis management, complex multinational litigation, environmental regulation, electric deregulation, hospital certificate of needs proceedings and a major telecommunications merger. In this role established Florida office from ground up and was responsible for strategic focus, revenue growth, marketing and management of the office.

Creative government affairs and public policy consultant partnering with clients from; law enforcement, health care and human services.

Proud to lead a team of 15 seeking to elect a good man to the US Senate. We came up a bit short.

Arlington, Va, Us

Served as a senior advisor to the Prime Minister, Council of Ministers and Labor Minister ondeveloping effective communications strategies and advising ministerial spokespeople. Created astrategic Communications Director position and tactical Spokesperson for Prime Ministers officeconsistent with EU integration best practices. Created culturally consistent activities expediting freemarket policy change and improving democratic governance. Developed national businessassociations engendering greater dialogue between the private and public sectors.

Managed all aspects of real estate acquisition and development for a network of petroleum servicestations across Bulgaria, including development of facility location strategies, zoning and budgets,retention and coordination of all outside consultants, and negotiations with landowners, businesspartners and consultants. Managed negotiations with McDonald’s Corporation to develop the firstco-branded Amoco / McDonald’s facility in Europe. Developed significant relationships withMayors, municipalities and political leaders across Bulgaria. Possess thorough knowledge of panEuropean laws and policies relating to taxation, trade, foreign investment and real estate. Hired andmanaged a staff of seven foreign national employees.

Created Eastern Europe's newest American Chamber of Commerce. Growing membership from 30members to over 110 members in less than one year. Provided consultation and advice to potentialforeign investors on Bulgaria and regional partners Croatia and Macedonia. Developed andimplemented a Governmental Issues Agenda, for advocacy with both the Bulgarian and Americangovernments. Negotiated with the U.S. State Department to create the "American Business Center"in Sofia, a unique alliance between business and government, to provide "one stop shopping" forbusiness people exploring opportunities in Bulgaria. Created and published the BulgariaCommercial Guide and Business Directory, a comprehensive guide for doing business in Bulgaria, aguide still being updated as of 2011. Drafted budgets and business plans with significant reliance onnon-dues related income. Hired and supervised three full time foreign national employees.

Managed the largest and most successful grassroots initiative campaign in Florida history at thattime. Coordinated the final phases of collecting 570,000 all volunteer collected petitions. Directed astaff of five and supervised a volunteer field force of over 13,000. Planned and executed a $600,000statewide media campaign for television and radio. Supervised the production of television andradio advertisements. Managed all strategic press relations to supplement paid media efforts.Administered a $1.2 million budget, raised from over 11,000 donors nationwide, using direct mailand major donor solicitations. Despite an organized and well-funded opposition, this initiative wonwith 72% of the vote.

Developed, implemented and supported a 10,000-person volunteer force, including supervision ofthe collection of over 530,000 petitions to place a Constitutional Amendment on the Florida GeneralElection Ballot. Organized leadership teams in 14 targeted counties and supported volunteers in all67 Florida counties. Worked with community leaders and activists to generate and focus support forterm limits. This initiative won with overwhelming voter approval - 78% to 22%.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Political Science And Government, Communications

Aa, General Studies

Education record

Certified Executive Coach