William Roetzheim is a generalist who enjoys exploring wildly different aspects of life.  He is one of the leading cost analysts in the world.  He has developed four cost modeling tools, including Cost Xpert, one of the top three tools in the world.  William has performed organizational and project best practice benchmarking for leading companies and agencies since 1992.  He has supported model based benchmarking, utilizing activity-based-costing and industry standard comparative data, for three of the nation’s five largest banks; most of the major system integrators (e.g., IBM, CGI, HP, Accenture); companies including Halliburton, Boeing, and Northrup; multiple State government agencies including most of the large State agencies in California, Texas, Colorado, and Florida; and for Federal agencies including the USPS, Air Force, and Navy.  He founded and sold two successful software companies and currently leads his third software start-up.

On the less technical front, he is an internationally recognized poet and the author of nine plays and one musical, twenty-three published books, over 100 articles, three columns, and twenty spoken word audio poetry CDs (Producer and Director).  His writing has won nine gold medals and twenty-two finalist awards in national and international literary competitions.  His plays have been performed in NYC, Los Angeles, and California.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of American International Theater, Inc. where he serves as the Producing Director.  His film credits include Producer for “Decay”.  He was a Naval Flight Officer and flew S3-A Viking aircraft from the USS Forrestal.  While in college he won first place in the NCAA National Gymnastics Championships and was twice designated as an All American athlete.  He and his wife currently own and operate a Victorian Bed and Breakfast in the mountains outside of San Diego, CA.

Mr. Roetzheim’s credentials include an MBA, PMP, RMP, CRISC, CISA, and IFPUG certification.