His professional background includes 22 years of HR leadership roles in corporate HR management and 10 years of HR consulting experience. Currently a nationally-certified (SPHR) and a California-certified (SPHR-CA) senior HR generalist; his experience includes 12 years with Bechtel Corporation followed by 9 years at Brown and Caldwell Environmental Engineers At Bechtel, Bill was the Personnel Manager for the company’s Advanced Technology (AT) Division responsible for HR operations in San Francisco, California; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Richland, Washington. At Brown and Caldwell, Bill was the HR Director for their environmental laboratories and later, Corporate Staffing and Employee Relations Manager.

For 17 years, Bill taught college-level HR courses that included Management of Human Resources, Employment Law, and Recruiting and Selection at the University of California for U.C. Berkeley Extension.

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Bill’s professional leadership roles include a seat on the Board of Directors for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM); the Board of Directors and President for the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI); State Director and later, State Certification Director, California State Council of SHRM; the Board of Directors and President for the Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA); and Commissioner and Chair, Marin County Personnel Commission. Bill currently is a Technical Advisor for NCHRA’s HR Certification Preparation Programs. In 2008, Bill will be facilitating SHRM’s newest course; the PHR-CA and SPHR-CA Certification Preparation Course.