Bill Branson

Bill Branson

Owner of Strategic Business Architects and WhiteboardsThatWork.com

Greater Seattle Area

Current
  • Author, Consultant, Coach at WhiteboardsThatWork.com
  • Consultant, Owner at Strategic Business Architects
Past

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Education
  • Arbinger Institute
  • Heald Institute of Technology
  • One Page Business Plan
  • Pepperdine University

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Bill Branson’s Summary

I am founder and owner of Strategic Business Architects which I created in order to help individuals and professionals at all levels take the guesswork out of the changes in their work and lives.

Just as buildings are not erected and planes are not built without a plan, so also we can take much of the unnecessary risk and stress out of our lives and realize much greater levels of success by discovering and leveraging our strengths and creating clear plans to build our futures and companies upon.

I compliment my proprietary programs, models and frameworks with a few best-of-breed industry tools and methods to give my clients all they need to discover and build upon their strengths, manage their weaknesses, and build effective plans and accountability into their futures. These include the Birkman International Assessment, Kolb Learning Style Indicator, One Page Business Plans, and philosophies and methods from Arbinger Institute.

I am also founder of Whiteboards That Work! ™ which I established in 2006.

Since 1995, I have been helping project managers, business analysts, enterprise architects, sales people and all types of professionals dramatically increase their effectiveness through visual communications and visual design strategies and techniques. I have more than 30 years experience as a teacher, coach, innovator, strategist, and technologist. I’m passionate about effective communications and find great satisfaction in helping others excel.

Bill Branson’s Specialties:

Business Transformation and Strategy, Visual Communications, Technical Marketing, Enterprise Architecture, IT Architecture, IT and Business Strategy, Business Process Modeling, Birkman International Assessment, Kolb Learning Style Assessment, and Graphic Facilitation.

Bill Branson’s Experience

  • Author, Consultant, Coach

    WhiteboardsThatWork.com

    (Graphic Design industry)

    January 2007 — Present (3 years )

    I help professionals increase their visual literacy and communication skills with innovative and educational blog posts, templates and personal guidance.

  • Consultant, Owner

    Strategic Business Architects

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

    At Strategic Business Architects I thrive on helping business leaders and teams at all organizational levels and sizes make the most of themselves, their organizations, and their relationships –the three foundational catalysts I’ve found to be the most essential to the success of individuals, teams, and the organizations they work for.

    I’ve built the programs and services I offer on proven, world-class tools and methods you can depend on for dramatic results that strike at the very heart of where it counts the most:

    1. Knowing and leveraging your strengths and the strengths of those around you using Birkman International’s personality tools and reports
    2. Seeing those around us as people instead of objects and focusing on results instead of ourselves using Arbinger Institute’s philosophy and methods
    3. Focusing your efforts and time where it matters the most according to your written One Page Business Plan® and monthly business review meetings

    As a certified Birkman consultant, a certified Arbinger Results Coach, and a certified One Page Business Plan consultant, combined with over 30 years of experience at all levels in organizations and roles, I am equipped and committed to helping you overcoming the challenges you face, envision your future and succeed at what you do best.

    For more information about Strategic Business Architects, visit us on the Web at http://www.Strategic BusinessArchitects.net.

  • Dir, Strategic Bus. Architecture

    Russell Investment Group

    (Privately Held; Investment Management industry)

    January 2004 — May 2006 (2 years 5 months)

    Conceived, established, and directed the first Strategic Business Architecture team within the Investment Management and Research division at Russell. The team was responsible for working collaboratively across the global IM&R division to define and publish the business architecture, key business processes, and provide business analysis and project support to key divisional projects.

  • Director, Knowledge Strategy

    Russell Investment Group

    (Privately Held; Investment Management industry)

    January 2003 — January 2004 (1 year 1 month)

    Created and directed a small team of professionals to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the newly formed Investment Management and Research Division across the globe. This study included key business processes, regulatory, legal, and technological support systems and applications. It resulted in the funding of one of the largest programs ever funded to that point and provided a comprehensive re engineering of key processes and the technology that supported them including trading, investment process, regulatory oversight, etc.

  • Director, IT Architecture

    Russell Investment Group

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Investment Management industry)

    June 1997 — January 2003 (5 years 8 months)

    Conceived, established, and directed the first IT Architecture team at Russell. The team was responsible for working collaboratively across the IT organization and business to define and publish the architectural standards globally and conduct architectural reviews for all projects with an IT component. The team also led the IT research function, technology educational outreach, and was responsible for the IT strategic plan.

  • Instructor, Networking and Computer Systems

    University of Washington

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    1996 — 2001 (5 years )

    Developed and taught night certification courses at their Seattle, Bellevue, and on-campus extension locations. Courses included computer systems introduction, Networking concepts and introduction, Local Area Networking, Wide-Area Networking, Internet, and Network Management.

  • Columnist, Speaker

    Access to Wang

    (Media Production industry)

    1988 — 1998 (10 years )

    I wrote two columns for this monthly magazine: Integration and programming, and networking. I also taught courses and spoke at all the conferences they hosted.

  • Senior Consultant, Office of the CIO

    Russell Investment Group

    (Privately Held; Investment Management industry)

    January 1996 — June 1997 (1 year 6 months)

    Worked directly under the Chief Information Officer on strategic projects, conduct information technology research. Key projects included electronic mail consolidation, corporate Internet/Intranet, and information technology architecture study group.

  • Senior Network Engineer

    Russell Investment Group

    (Privately Held; Investment Management industry)

    April 1992 — January 1996 (3 years 10 months)

    Designed and implemented company's first global frame relay network resulting in a 30% savings in ongoing network costs while realizing an increase of 6x's network speed and performance.

    Designed and implemented company's first etherswitching local area network to replace collapsed previous backbone approach I designed and implemented earlier.

    Implemented sophisticated network management and reporting tools, trained personnel, monitored and reported on a periodic basis.

    Designed and implemented company's first TCP/IP network globally.

  • Senior System Programmer, Network Engineer

    Russell Investment Group

    (Privately Held; Investment Management industry)

    April 1990 — April 1992 (2 years 1 month)

    Designed and implemented the first company-wide local area network and client/server infrastructure. Conceived and developed email gateway that connected IBM PROFS to Wang CSS email systems on a global basis. Supported the global X.25 network, gateways, and all corporate communications networks including specialized trading networks. Supported the Wang Operating Systems and Communications, IBM communications.

  • Senior Network Engineer

    Syntex

    (Pharmaceuticals industry)

    1988 — 1990 (2 years )

    Supported global X.25 and Bisync network of 60 systems in 40 countries consisting of Wang, IBM, and DEC systems.

  • Senior Systems Programmer

    Syntex

    (Pharmaceuticals industry)

    1987 — 1988 (1 year )

    Provide operating system and network support to 60 systems in 40 countries.

    Provided technical support to the global effort to convert systems all systems from OIS to VS systems. Created test lab using Wang VM to test networking and system software, configurations, and hardware.

    Developed an email gateway to bridge the OIS Mailway System to the VS Wang Office mail system.

    Installed distributed systems management on all key systems. Designed and developed an integrated network management with IBM's mainframe Netview.

  • Principle Consultant - IBM/DEC Integration/Networking

    Wang

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WANG; Computer Software industry)

    1985 — 1987 (2 years )

  • Principal Systems Analyst

    Wang

    (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

    1983 — 1985 (2 years )

Bill Branson’s Education

  • Arbinger Institute

  • Heald Institute of Technology

    Technical Certificate , Electronics

  • One Page Business Plan

  • Pepperdine University

    Music - Composition/Performance

Additional Information

Bill Branson’s Websites:

Bill Branson’s Groups:

International Coaches Federation

  •    Global Project Management
  •    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
  •    Business Development
  •    Project Management Link - www.pmlink.org
  •    ! Sales Best Practices
  •    Global Program and Project Networking Group (9400+)
  •    Consultants Network
  •    eMarketing Association Network
  •    Birkman Consultants
  •    MindManager Enthusiasts
  •    Solution Sales and Presales Networking Group
  •    Wang Alumni
  •    MindManager Users Group
  •    The IT Sales Global Community
  •    The IT Architect Network
  •    TPAssist
  •    GMail Power Users
  •    Gig Harbor Business Network
  •    Success-Story Marketing
  •    Russell Alumni
  •    Job Openings for U.S IT Professionals
  •    Social Media Success Summit
  •    iCMG Architecture World
  •    The Grove Consultants International

Bill Branson’s Honors:

Russell Investments - Excellence Award
Russell Investments - Leadership Award
Wang Laboratories - Pride in Service Award
IBM - IBM Means Service Award
IBM - 5 Suggestion Awards

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