Bill Franklin

Current

Managing Member at Broward Dade Monroe Lacrosse Association
Partner at WNF Capital
Partner at V2E Group Inc.

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Past

Interim COO at Accelogic LLC
Chief Technology Officer at BeyondROI
Executive Director at ICPCI (Internet Crime Prevention and Control Institute

Founder and CTO at Secure Foundations Worldwide Corporation
President at PPR Corporation
Military Officer at United States Army Reserve
Author at MIS Press
Adjunct Faculty at The George Washington University - CITE
CEO at Metro Information Systems
Senior Consultant at A&T Systems Inc.

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Education

The Johns Hopkins University
Hampton Roads Academy

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

Bill Franklin’s Summary

At V2E Group, we help businesses excel. Every business wants to do better. Contact me, tell me about your business and let's see if there's a solution.

24 Years of Finance, Operations & Technology Excellence

Miracle Worker: 24 year track record of taking on the most difficult problems, missions, goals and projects and always exceeding objectives. Moves quickly to implement change. Personal motto imparted to staff: Produce the results to make management and customers feel like you always seem to perform a miracle per day. Used to 18 hours days; on call 24x7.

Deep Technology Knowledge: Deep knowledge and rapid understanding of technology and its successful operational employment. Depth and breath of experience to quickly develop requirements, access risks, and manage projects and programs through to completion.

Also acting as a Mentor for the Council For Entrepreneurial Development's FastTrac TechVenture program (see http://cednc.org).

Bill Franklin’s Specialties:

Vision – Strategy – Mission Planning – Executing the Plan
System Architecture - Project and Program Management – Product Development
Process and Performance Improvement - Process Analysis and Redesign
Change Control Management - Quality Control Systems – Information Security
Profitability and Cost Analysis
Contract Negotiations and Strategic Alliances
Team Building and Performance Improvement; Employee Development
Customer Service and Satisfaction – Operations Research and Analysis

Bill Franklin’s Experience

Managing Member

Broward Dade Monroe Lacrosse Association

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)

2007 — Present (2 years)

Website: http://bdmlax.com

The goal of the Broward Dade Monroe Lacrosse Association (BDMLAX) is to get girls playing lacrosse either on recreation or school teams at the elementary, middle and high school level in Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. We offer development programs year round exclusively for girls in grades K-12, and at skills levels ranging from beginner to elite level play. While we participate in invitational tournaments, we are not a travel league.

To that end we pledge our support to help girls, parents, coaches, officials and school administrators to start instructional programs as well as recreational and school teams throughout the tri-county area. Please contact us to discuss your needs.

BDMLAX is a formally affiliated program with US Lacrosse as a Member Group and Recreational Youth League.
Partner

WNF Capital

(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

2007 — Present (2 years)
Partner

V2E Group Inc.

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

The V2E Group Inc is a consulting and services organization that helps its clients with four critical business elements: Vision, Strategy, Management and Execution. We provide services in a coordinated manner across three business disciplines, or "Practice Areas": Finance, Operations and Technology. Central to all our efforts is our Methodology, which sees Vision and Execution as the two ends of the spectrum of business activity (hence "V2E" standing for "Vision to Execution"). Strategy is viewed as key planning effort for business success which leads to a Management Framework to ensure that business success is realized on time, on budget and with the expected results.
Interim COO

Accelogic LLC

(Computer Software industry)

December 2008 — February 2009 (3 months)
Chief Technology Officer

BeyondROI

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

2006 — 2007 (1 year)
Executive Director

ICPCI (Internet Crime Prevention and Control Institute

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

2004 — 2006 (2 years)

Shared services center for financial institutions to interdict phishing and other internet crimes. Members included a major credit bureau, investment banks, and regional/national banks. Worked with US Secret Service as a member of their regional Economic Crime Task Forces, as well as with FBI at the national level. Large number of successful takedowns of phishing sites including highly visible pro bono work for the FDIC and to counter identity theft fraud sites after the Tsunami in Indonesia (http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Private-Sector-Feds-Team-Up-Against-Phishing/)
Founder and CTO

Secure Foundations Worldwide Corporation

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

2002 — 2006 (4 years)
President

PPR Corporation

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

1996 — 2001 (5 years)

President of IT Consulting Firm. Managed a staff of 67 consultants and contractors. Founded a Technology Vision Group in Miami, Florida, providing strategic vision, program management services, contract development, and business continuity services. Developed/implemented multiple financial systems including commodity broker trading system. Performed information technology audits of foreign governments as well as large public companies. Major client projects included: World Fuel Services, The George Washington University, Topp Telecom, World Bank, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Kaba Benzing America (formerly Applied Automation Techniques), FAA Tech Center, Lockheed, IBM.
Military Officer

United States Army Reserve

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

1981 — 1999 (18 years)
Author

MIS Press

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

1991 — 1997 (6 years)

Author of four “how-to” books for the UNIX operating system (A Guide to AIX, A Guide to HP-UX, etc); these were published in the mid 90s and used as college textbooks and commonly found in technical and better bookstores. Here's a sample Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Aix-3-2-William-Franklin/dp/1884051014
Adjunct Faculty

The George Washington University - CITE

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

1995 — 1996 (1 year)

Adjunct Faculty, Center for International Training and Education (CITE). Taught post-graduate computer science students in certificate program.
CEO

Metro Information Systems

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

1991 — 1996 (5 years)

Responsible for consulting and training services across a variety of disciplines to IBM organizations, major defense contractors, and large commercial clients. Developed an open systems performance software product called Ptoolkit™ supporting AIX, UNIX, MVS, VMS and NT platforms (Early adopters included Chrysler Corporation, Sears Logistics and Northwest Airlines). Major client projects included: Dade County Aviation Division; Lockheed Martin (formerly Loral Federal Systems, formerly IBM Federal Systems); IBM Corporation; Home Box Office; Environmental Resources Management.
Senior Consultant

A&T Systems Inc.

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

1990 — 1991 (1 year)

Consultant to IBM software development organizations to build UNIX skills in their version of UNIX called AIX. Performance engineering projects from the AIX kernel itself to complex networks built around the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE). Major client projects with direct responsibility, job performance and oversight included: IBM Corporation, Xerox Corporation, and Open Software Foundation.

Bill Franklin’s Education

The Johns Hopkins University

Engineering 1981 — 1985

Activities and Societies:

4-Year ROTC Scholarship
Hampton Roads Academy

1975 — 1981

Additional Information

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Bill Franklin’s Interests:

technology, information technology consulting, operations consulting, finance management, business consulting, lacrosse, skiing, dog sledding, sporting clays, saltwater fishing, Austin Healey Bugeye, Ferrari Mondial, maine, boats, model railroads at holidays. Languages: French, Russian, Arabic, Finnish, Swedish.