Bill Holtz

• A senior executive who has achieved breakthrough business results as a COO and a Global CIO. Has transformed many large global operations resulting in competitive market advantage, revenue expansion, increased company valuation, accelerated product innovation, lower operating costs, greater customer satisfaction and faster time to market.
• A team player with a passion for meeting and exceeding stretched business goals, achieved through innovation, operations excellence, delivering superior customer satisfaction and value, building “A” teams, leveraging technology, optimizing costs and, creating a compelling vision and communicating it unambiguously to customers; employees; and industry leaders.
• Experienced in cyber security, Global Information Technology, Healthcare and P&C Insurance, Online Commerce, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Cloud based services and, Mobile security.
• Drove the Operations transformation of Entrust Inc., a leading cyber security company, into an industry leader in cyber security, resulting in 7 times returns on investments in 4 years, for the Private Equity owners.
• Multiple successes at consolidating large global operations into single enterprise assets; including consolidating Hotels.Com, Hotwire, Expedia.com, TripAdvisor and Expedia Corporate travel into a world class operation, for the largest online travel company in the world (Expedia).
• Presidential award winner for, “best contribution to business” for successfully turning around 2200 technology professionals globally. Reduced $200 million from an operating budget of $1 billion for this Fortune 50 Company. Positioned the company for double digit revenue growth.
• A high energy leader with diversified industry verticals experience. Proven ability to operate at tactical and strategic levels, made possible through in-depth knowledge and experience in technology, sales, operations, marketing, product development, business management and people and teams’ development.