Testimonials

Jim Hertel 

Principal 2nd Act Advisory LLC 

“William is a great strategic thinker who’s adept in classic marketing situations as well as senior client service roles. He’s never rattled and stays focused at all times on the objective. Bottom-line, he delivers.”

John M. Lawlor

Senior Advisor - Avery Dennison

“I worked with William for over 4 years and found him to be a terrific professional. He is bright, energetic, focused on excellence and leads with integrity. I recommend William highly.”

Eiichi Shirakawa

Executive Officer at SUNSTAR Group

“When I had worked with William on many of new product development projects, he had shown a strong leadership, strategic, innovation, analytic, insight-leveraging and team building skills.”

Rob Sweitzer

President at SunTech Medical

“William and I were colleagues for nearly two years at TIDI. He has a brilliant business mind and his incredibly diverse professional experiences really helped the TIDI Commercial Team get to the next level. His tremendous knowledge of all aspects of marketing, distribution, branding, product development, pricing, and how to take care of major customers was a welcome addition to our team. I can certainly say that I learned a great deal from William and feel fortunate to have worked with him.

Any medical device company would be lucky to have him as a leader. I really enjoyed working with him and hope to again someday.”

Brad McCarville

Key Account Manager at Ahlstrom-Munksjo

“I had the pleasure of working with William when we were both at TIDI Products. William was a great partner in several key strategic account interactions, and his analytic approach proved to be an effective ying to my yang. His strategic thought process lended itself quite well to some complex industry dynamics that he was asked to navigate through, and his leadership throughout that process was a key to the company’s ultimate success in positioning itself for the future. Any organization would be fortunate to have a person like William on its team.”

Skip Selle

Vice President Sales & Marketing at NTG

“William is a highly seasoned professional who masterfully guided our leadership team at Spectra through many successes and organizational changes. He has the strategic vision to lay out plans for future growth and the tactical experience to execute them, often with limited resources. He is a polished leader who inspires his team with his collaborative style. William is one of the very best people I have had the pleasure to work with and would clearly covet the opportunity to team with him again in the future.”

Richard Demke

Retired - Senior Director, Technical & New Product Development at Sunstar Americas, Inc.

“I greatly enjoyed working for William when he was the VP of New Product Development at Sunstar Americas. He is an innovative, analytic, strategic thinker who focused on building teams that enhanced the future growth of the company.”

Michael McKinney

President, Managing Partner at Global Recruiters of Gulf Coast

“William is a highly strategic leader, with great vision for what is needed in the organization to maximize market opportunities. He is fair to the bone, listens to his team and constituents, and integrates detailed analysis to create focused direction and action.
He is well respected by his peers and his subordinates alike. Strong bias for action and results. It was a pleasure working for William.”

Patti Marshman-Goldblatt

SVP, Global Collaborative Gateway Solutions at IRI

“William is an outstanding leader and manager. He is always deeply thoughtful about the vision, direction and execution of strategic plans for the company. He is detailed and thorough and keeps track of the progress being made. He expects a great deal but is also very supportive of what his team needs in order to deliver successfully balanced with the needs of the company. He creates an atmosphere of teamwork and camaraderie that is also effective for company growth and is appropriately and fairly rewarded. I would work for William again anywhere, anytime!”

Paul Madigan

Senior Account Executive at Cox Media Group

“William is a wonderful client. William is smart, analytical and creative. Putting it simply, he gets it. William understands partnerships and how data can be used to help push business forward. A large part of the success of our campaigns is due to William’s consistent input, feedback, his overall enthusiasm. He is a great communicator with smart, well thought out ideas that he brings to the table. Having William as part of your team will only make your team and your business better!”

Chantel Long

Senior Digital Account Manager, G/O Digital Agency Services at TEGNA

“I worked closely with William as we managed several digital campaigns for Cranial Technologies. William is a wonderful client. He is passionate about his work and the overall mission of his business. He always focuses on the big picture, and took that into consideration when determining Facebook and PPC campaign details and measuring campaign performance. A large part of the success of our campaigns is due to William’s consistent input, feedback, his overall enthusiasm over what the campaign was accomplishing, and how it was tying back to the bottom line. William is a true partner, an exceptional communicator and creative problem solver. His vision helped to drive a 3x increase in web traffic and a 2x increase in intake calls.

I would be so lucky to work with a client like William in the future. I would highly recommend William to any business that needs a dedicated and experienced marketing leader!”

If you’d like to discuss an upcoming project please:

email: williamsever@clearsolutionforgrowth.com

Call: 813-443-9847

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