Bill is an accomplished Strategic Business Unit / Senior Program Manager with diversified experience in technology-oriented enterprise focused primarily on Data and Image Archiving and Aerospace Programs.

He is also competent in contracts management and business development with current skill set and disposition to help your organization in a full or part time role. "I have demonstrated strong leadership skills organizing and managing development and production programs including profit and loss budgetary responsibility to the $100 million level."

"I also build long term trust relationships with clients and strategic partners using a customer and team focused approach, while maintaining corporate and personal integrity."

An Aerospace, Industrial Automation, Information Archiving & Medical Imaging Savvy Program Management Executive, Bill is an entrepreneurial individual with diversified technical and business background with experience:

• Managing high tech product development, production, and marketing activities and

• Directing technical, marketing, integration, field and project management organizations.

• Managing programs using Earned Value Management techniques.

• Responsibilities included Contract Negotiation, Management, and Control of multiple projects including budgeting, scheduling, customer interface and changes. P&L responsibility.

Skilled at managing multiple programs and projects, implementing program schedule and cost control, and proposal management systems and mentoring Program Managers in Program Management processes.

Bill Slingland - Key Responsibilities

• Prior experience as Director of Program Management, Strategic Business Unit Director, and Senior Program Manager.
• Directed proposals as and for PM using Work Breakdown Structures, Specification Compliance and Responsibility Assignment Matrices. Negotiated proposals and changes for programs proposed by me and others.
• Held P&L responsibility for Aerospace and Telecommunication Business Segment including program planning, budgeting, monitoring, and corrective actions
• Managed Integrated Project Teams in proposal and project management roles. Interfaced with functional managers from support organizations
• Developed strategic plans, product roadmaps with projected funding sources for R&D and production programs. Created organizations, systems and procedures for program implementation.

Bill Slingland - Qualifications

• Presidential/Key Executive (PKE) MBA – Pepperdine University  and BS Production Management - Syracuse University                                
• Credentialed Project Management Professional (PMP)

Senior Program Manager or Director of Programs for Development and Production Programs for USAF and US Navy at Antekna and Dalmo-Victor now parts of Northrop Grumman. 15+ years experience.
• Managed Program Management Departments at Ampex, Antekna, and Eaton-Kenway with P&L responsibility.
• Experienced in internal and external reporting and correspondence as a result of early experience in Contract Administration at Kaman Aerospace and Link Simulation and Training. Conducted Monthly PMO Reviews at Ampex, Eaton-Kenway, Ford Aerospace, and Space Systems/Loral.
• Able to anticipate scope and cost growth and changes forecast problems and articulate recommended corrective actions internally and with customer.
• Extensive experience interfacing with integrated project teams and directly with functional management groups at Ampex, Ford Aerospace, Loral, and Zantaz, Inc regarding scope, schedules and other change activity.
• Interacts well with project task leaders and departmental managers in assuring timely and cost effective program performance.
• Skilled negotiator of Contract and Program change activity with Link, Dalmo-Victor, Ampex, Antekna, Eaton-Kenway, Ford Aerospace, & Space Systems/Loral.
• Technical and administrative background and experience and able to keep all functional and other parties involved with meeting customer requirements through PMO.
• Classified programs experience. Up to TS SCI and special code access project clearances.

Bill and the TALON TEAM can also provide consulting services in related fields of Product and Software Management, Marketing, Risk Management and Finance.