William “Bill” Sharp is the Principal of William D. Sharp & Associates. His 30 plus years of experience has focused on operations management, financial management, turnarounds, loan workouts, bankruptcy reorganizations, crisis management and development of systems & procedures. In the past 28 years, he has concentrated in the areas of crisis management, corporate turnarounds for both established & startup companies, assisting companies both private and publicly owned, with financial & organizational difficulties, improvement in efficiencies, cost reductions, development of systems & procedures and design, implementation & testing of Sarbanes-Oxley systems and forecasting & planning.Sharp is familiar with the management, operations, financing and accounting practices of businesses in such diverse areas as medical products, military ship building & refurbishment, electronics, aerospace & government contracting, computer hardware and software, food processing, microwave components, telecommunications, precision machining, video post-production, fast food franchising, wire and cable, digital imaging ipment, home products and fixtures, advertising and marketing, industry seminar training, restaurant franchises and chain retail operations. These businesses have ranged in size from start-up ventures to mature billion dollar industries. Sharp focuses on concrete objectives that improve the company’s profitability and liquidity, and when appropriate, positions it for recapitalization or sale. He is an expert at developing and implementing strategic business plans; cash management and financial reporting systems; budgeting and forecasting models; and materials requirements planning systems for commercial manufacturers as well as Department of Defense contractors. Sharp is also the developer of “Virtual Reality Planning” a short-term and long-term strategic planning concept for identifying, planning and monitoring the key variables of a unique business.