Bill Gately - Principal
"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Prior to founding The Rockland Group, Bill Gately was President/General Manager of Philips Advanced Metrology Systems, Inc. (AMS), a mid size semiconductor instrumentation company. Bill grew AMS from a six person startup, founded on technology licensed from MIT, to a market leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer and positioned the company for a successful sale to a private equity firm.
Bill's successful leadership at AMS required demonstrated expertise in business strategy, marketing, human resources, product development, technology commercialization, global sales, and customer support. Bill identified and negotiated several strategic partnership and license agreements resulting in accelerated time to market and above industry gross margins. Bill has extensive global business development experience throughout Europe and the Far East.
Bill is the founder of two companies and brings over 30 years' experience leading and managing startup, early and mid size businesses. He has held executive and management positions responsible for P&L, strategy, business development, finance, sales and marketing, product and technology development, and operations. This strong combination of business and technical expertise allows Bill to provide comprehensive insight into your company's overall performance and culture as well as the performance and culture of each department. Bill is able to rapidly identify the root causes of business and technical challenges and quickly establish credibility with key employees in order to successfully implement action plans.
Bill's proven effectiveness is derived from his ability to communicate at all levels and disciplines within an organization. Having worked in several business, commercial, technical, and operational roles, Bill has a demonstrated track record of successfully working with C-level peers, senior executives, middle managers, and key employees in a variety of business situations. Bill is action-oriented and willingly rolls up his sleeves to implement agreed upon action plans rather than simply providing presentations and advice.
Bill holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from Babson College, a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, and a Professional Engineering License from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Visit Bill's blog at http://rocklandgroup.blogspot.com
