Bill Houle has over 30 years of experience working with computer and networking technologies. With a career beginning in software development, he had originally refined his abilities to analyze requirements and design effective solutions in a variety of commercial programming roles. Turning his focus to within the company, Bill found greater satisfaction in using his expertise to establish the IT organization as a key competitive differentiator for the business. Having spent 12 years in Fortune 500 environments, Bill has been bringing those best practices to bear in small to mid-size companies. Technically strong and current, both practically and theoretically, he is able to bridge between enterprise needs and the ever-changing technology landscape. His ability to grasp business issues and re-engineer processes has served him well across a number of industries including Aerospace, Retail Distribution, Real Estate, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, and Software Development. A team player, Bill is at ease in leadership roles. With a clear and open communication style, he has earned the trust and respect of those he has worked with. An emphasis on technical management and relationship building, Bill has the expertise and execution to produce desired results.Specialties: Strategic & Tactical planning with the operational performance to achieve those goals even under lean conditions.Organizational development with a balance of "big company" processes and standardization, while still maintaining an agile and adaptive support service.Enterprise architecture and Network/Systems administration, with experience in business systems (ERP, CRM, SFA, etc) and proficiencies in Internet/Collaborative technologies.Product development and program management expertise incorporating Lean/MVP, Agile, & Waterfall methodologies with DevOps deployment & automation.