Bill Holsinger-Robinson

Current

Director of Operations at ArtPrize
President at Pomegranate Studios
COO at Spout, LLC.

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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

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Education

Western Michigan University
Alma College

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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 Pomegranate, ArtPrize, Spout and appliedthinking are no different. I excel at helping clients ...and well, getting them moving.

Bill Holsinger-Robinson’s Specialties:

Start-ups, marketing, design

Bill Holsinger-Robinson’s Experience

Director of Operations

ArtPrize

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)
President

Pomegranate Studios

(Internet industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)
COO

Spout, LLC.

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

October 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)

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 2004 — October 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 2004 — October 2004 (3 months)
Managing Consultant

Sagestone Consulting

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

December 2003 — July 2004 (8 months)
Senior Manager, E-Business

Herman Miller

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

January 1997 — October 2003 (6 years 10 months)

Bill Holsinger-Robinson’s Education

Western Michigan University

MA , Comparative Religion , 1992 — 1996

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

BA , Philosophy , 1987 — 1991

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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