Bill Holsinger-Robinson

Bill Holsinger-Robinson

Chief Operating Officer - Spout, LLC.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Current
  • Chief Operating Officer at Spout, LLC.
Past
  • Principal at appliedthinking (www.appliedthinking.us) (Sole Proprietorship)
  • Director of Marketing at Sagestone Consulting
  • Managing Consultant at Sagestone Consulting
  • Senior Manager, E-Business at Herman Miller
Education
  • Western Michigan University
  • Alma College
Connections
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Industry
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Bill Holsinger-Robinson’s Summary

I have had a wide variety of experiences in my career. Scholar. Chef. Technologist. Executive. Consultant. What's the "red thread" that connects them all together? A love for new ideas, problem solving and story-telling. My work at Spout and appliedthinking is no different. I excel at helping clients ...and well, getting them moving.

Bill Holsinger-Robinson’s Specialties:

Film distribution, marketing, design


Bill Holsinger-Robinson’s Experience

  • Chief Operating Officer

    Spout, LLC.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    October 2005Present (3 years 1 month)

    Instead of trying to describe the company here, go to the website and see it for yourself - www.spout.com.

  • Principal

    appliedthinking (www.appliedthinking.us) (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

    November 2004October 2005 (1 year)

    What is design? A plan for arranging elements in such a way as to best accomplish a particular purpose.
    Charles Eames.

    Our approach is straight-forward and stresses back-to-the-basics methods. We ask deceptively simple questions to catalyze change and innovation while creating clarity.

    - What's next for us?
    - What are we proposing to do?
    - What is the customer value?
    - How will we do it?
    - Why is it better than today?
    - Compared to what?

    However simple, the method used to answer these question takes a great amount of discipline and focus. The end result is a set of deliverables that help organizations innovate and visualize a new set of possibilities (AKA, a vision), add new value to the market by (re)defining their customers better than anyone else, and translate that vision into action by creating a tangible, agile plan.

  • Director of Marketing

    Sagestone Consulting

    (Information Services industry)

    August 2004October 2004 (3 months)

  • Managing Consultant

    Sagestone Consulting

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Services industry)

    December 2003July 2004 (8 months)

  • Senior Manager, E-Business

    Herman Miller

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MLHR; Information Services industry)

    January 1997October 2003 (6 years 10 months)


Bill Holsinger-Robinson’s Education

  • Western Michigan University

    MA, Comparative Religion, 19921996

    Although Comparative Religion was my main focus of study in Graduate School, I also studied Cognitive Science and Developmental Psychology.

  • Alma College

    BA, Philosophy, 19871991


Additional Information

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Bill Holsinger-Robinson’s Interests:

strategy, new technology, social networks, cognitive science, film, pop culture, cooking, bicycling, and all sorts of other things

Bill Holsinger-Robinson’s Groups:

Holland Museum - Board of Trustees (http://www.hollandmuseum.org)
West Michigan Film Commission - Board
TED (www.ted.com)
Creative Good's Customer Experience Councils (http://www.creativegood.com/councils/)
USA Cycling

  •    Alma College Alumni

Bill Holsinger-Robinson’s Honors:

Webby Award Nomination (2007)


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