Springfield, Virginia, USA
(703) 440-5103

Bill@OlsenInnovations.com

Education:
AA, BS, MS
Professor (two Universities)
DOD: Defense Acquisition Workforce (Level III PM)

Experience:

Bill Olsen provides Facilitating, Training & Guided Team Building. His events are highly interactive and yet practical; they’re facilitated so that participants create, understand and agree to the outcomes. Hence, there’s ownership and buy-in. Some of Bill’s events have included strategic planning for the new Prime Minister of a Caribbean country, classified Thinktanks for military R&D programs, team building for agencies, corporations, institutions & youth groups & breakthrough thinking for Fortune 500 to Mom & Pop companies.

We also teach it, providing public & private courses in facilitation, strategic planning, better meetings and advanced skills in facilitation and creative problem solving. Bill has presented workshops in 13 U.S. states and in five countries.

From boardrooms to classrooms, our mission is clear… to accelerate yours.

With 24 yrs experience as a manager, engineer and instructor in the public, private and academic sectors, Bill Olsen has been facilitating full-time since 1996. Facilitated events range from a single meeting to a series of workshops. When its team building, he is certified in every team building psychometric he uses.

Many clients need an offsite or process improvement. Others seek program renewal or a new program launch. With these we use a fast-forward, comprehensive approach… interweaving creative problem solving, strategic planning and team building. Regardless, every event is tailored to your needs. The most common element is… all our customers have a genuine and urgent need for meaningful change. Our mission is clear… to accelerate yours.

Recognition/Awards:

• 1997 - 1999: DMSM - "Most popular elective in the history of the university (Defense Acquisition Univ;s elective in facilitated change management)
• 2001-2003: "Nr 1 of the 16 instructors: (FCS' Advanced Management Development program for bank managers
• 2003-2004: “Top Workshop” (MAFN Facilitator Workshop, Baltimore series)
• 2005-2006: “Top Workshop” (MAFN Facilitator Workshop, Wash. DC series)
• 2005, 2006, 2007: “Top 20 utilized facilitators” (National Facilitator Data Base)
• 2003-2007: “95% of students rank our flagship course as “one of the best courses” or “best course I’ve ever taken”. (LSI)
• 2007: “Most well-attended of 11 Core & Immersion programs” (CPSI)
• 2007: “Associate of the month (April)” (LSI/National Facilitator Data Base)

Government Clients:

• Foreign - Prime Minister & Jamaica Labor Party, Jamaica, W.I.
• Federal - Projects for EPA, DOD, DOT, NIH, VA, DOE, NASA, FAA, CDC, FDA, DC-PSA, FLHA, NIH, Smithsonian Institute
• Defense - All U.S. military branches, Joint military programs, Sec of Air Force, OSD (Ottawa Treaty), USD (Health Care) and classified programs. Extensive work for NavSea headquarters and NSWC Carderock Division programs.
• Local - Montgomery County MD & Los Angeles County CA, including departments of Traffic Mgmt, Health, and Human Resources Academies.

 Corporate Clients:

• Procter & Gamble Corp (R&D & marketing, Fast-Forward Change Mgmt)
• Farm Credit System (nationwide banks - Mgmt Development Program.)
• Nat'l Trade Production’s Coverings (Internat'l trade show - Strat Plng)
• Camber Corp’s Senior Mgmt Leadership Development & Strat Plng)
• Monmouth Medical Center (Nurse Executive Leadership Development)
• Dan’s Van Lines (Leadership Development & business development)
• North Eastern Supply Corp (Annual managers meeting)
• Isonics Homeland Security Defense Corp (R&D Strategic Plng)
• Nokia Telecommunications Corp, Reynosa Mexico Manufacturing Center (Trng)
• Hartford Insurance group, Hartford Technology Services Corp (Trng)

Non-Profit Clients include:

• United Way of America, National Headquarters (Operational Plng)
• National Hydrocephalus Association (partnering)
• National Children’s Facilities Network (Annual Board of Dir meeting)
• National Assoc of Home Builders (Trng)
• Dozens of youth groups - Boy & Girl Scouts, YMCA & Churches (Team Bldg)
• Greater Springfield VA Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors mtg)
• Academia including Defense Acquisition Univ, Penn State, Univ of Texas, Texas A&M, Occupational Research Centre UK, School for Innovators, Creative Problem Solving Institute & Leadership Strategies Institute.
• Military Community Services Network, Military Equality Alliance (Strat Plng)
• Serviceman’s Legal Defense Network (National Summit mtg & Strat Plng)
• Parkinson’s Foundation of the Washington DC region (Strat Plng)
• Consumer Electronics Association (Trng)
• Breast & Cervical Cancer Council, Nat’l Ass. Chronic Disease Dir. (StratPlng)