“We retained Bill (Pragmatics) for 2 key assignments; one involved identifying and validating growth opportunities leveraging technology, and another assessing strategies of three international operating units and the overall company relative to the company’s communicated growth vision. His work is highly professional, thorough and performed in a timely manner, and his recommendations are very insightful and constructive. I recommend him without reservation.”
   —Mitch Koppelman, Vice President Strategic Planning and a senior member of the Corporate Development Group,
      Minerals Technologies, Inc.

“I worked with Bill (Pragmatics) on a multi-part consulting assignment for the large financial services company, GMAC. Bill came highly recommend, and he was able to reach top officials in the banking and real estate development industry. Working with Bill is a pleasure, and his work is thoroughly professional.”
   —Tully Moss, Managing Director, Magellan Alliance.

“We hired Bill (Pragmatics) on a number of occasions during critical periods of our growth. He was retained twice for global strategic planning including detailed tactical requirements and also to review a major international investment opportunity which became extremely profitable. He also acted as a sounding board for new products/markets and a very large, successful international acquisition. His work on each project was thorough, well researched, organized and presented in a timely fashion. He has been a great asset to our business, and I am pleased to offer my recommendation of Bill and his company.”
   —Richard D. Ryan, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Imerys.

"Our (organization) was considering a new mission and rebranding. Our staff had little or no experience in marketing, and Bill(Pragmatics) not only provided a much-needed tutorial on Marketing 101, but came up with the perfect new name for our organization after the board and staff had wrestled with it for months ...Perfect!"
   —Carol McKinney, Executive Director at VMC, Volunteer Management Centers.

“We originally brought Bill in to head the global marketing for the card business at Gemplus for which he did a great job. As the business environment and company initiatives changed, Bill was able to step-up to and lead new efforts including a complicated, international restructuring of part of the business. He is very effective and worked well across international boundaries.”
   —Justin D’Angelo, Senior Vice President Financial Services, Gemplus International SA.

“Bill did a great job for Gemplus, now Gemalto. He was very effective in using his broad background to meet the company’s changing business requirements, including international operations. His responsibilities required working with different functions as well as people from multiple cultures.”
   —Tony Pingelli, Vice President, Finance, North America, Gemalto.

“As VP of Strategy and Marketing, Bill was a significant contributor to the profitable growth of GK/CE and later its successors. For example, he pressed for international expansion (eventually a highly profitable Brazilian business), founded and lead the New Product Development Committee (several new products), and entered new international businesses (PCC, a synthetically engineered material). I thoroughly enjoyed working with Bill, and he worked exceptionally well across all functions.”
   —Ernest Gay, Previous VP of Operations at GK, a division of Combustion Engineering/ABB.