Bill Thompson

PROFILE

My goal is conducting business valuations, including equipment and hard asset appraisals.

QUALIFICATIONS

University/Teaching Experience

• Worked with the I-CORPS program by assisting local entrepreneurs and Texas State University students as they learned to validate their primary and secondary markets.
• Taught undergraduate course MGT 4350 Business Planning at Texas State University.
• Advised students in Dr. Jana Minifie’s consulting class Integrative Field Project (MGT 4353) and Problems in Business Administration (MGT5333). I connected teams with SBDC businesses.
• Mentored MBA students in Dr. Dennis Smart’s Capstone (MGT 5395) class as they researched solutions to SBDC clients’ problems.
• Coordinated, planned and taught Profit Mastery® to business owners.
• Administered interest inventory to college students that matched their interest with the careers listed in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
• Advised and counseled at-risk high school students into pursuing higher educational experiences.

Corporate/Community Experience

• Built trusting relationships with business owners of small, medium, and large entities.
• Assisted business owners by assessing their business model and underlying systems.
• Worked with business owners in creating strategies to improve their business’ performance.
• Within a 12-month period, built and maintained relationships with over 230 small businesses.  (The SBDC defines a small business as an entity with up to 500 employees and/or a maximum of  $5 million in gross revenue). 
• Planned and conducted meetings between Economic Development Officials and local business owners.
• Coordinated and managed the Texas Governor’s Small Business workshop.
• Coordinated and delivered Comprehensive Marketing Strategy at the Women’s Entrepreneurship Week at Texas State University, fall of 2019.
• Coordinated, planned and delivered Strategic Marketing workshop during evening hours.
• Judged and Mentored ESTEAM Academy’s children’s business fair on April 9, 2022.

Business Experience

• Certified Business Appraiser, ISBA
• Maintained a private practice; developed a client base by networking with stakeholders and cold calling potential clients.
• Analyzed cash flow position, and managed case workload.
• Provided export advisement for domestic and international businesses in EU and various countries. 
• Background in analyzing and documenting mortgage loan packages using ratio analysis, credit scores, verified income requirement, cash on hand, and proof of employment.

WORK EXPERIENCE

July 2012 - Present

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Certified Business Advisor IV, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSTY, San Marcos and Round Rock,TX

Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2018

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT, Lecturer, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSTY, San Marcos,TX

Jan. 2010 - April 2012

BLUEBONNET TRAILS COMMUNITY SERVICES, Case Manager / Crisis Counselor, Georgetown,TX

June 2003 - Dec. 2009

WILLIAM THOMPSON, LPC-SELF-EMPLOYED, Licensed Professional Counselor, Austin, TX

Aug. 2000 - May 2003

INTERVENTION SERVICES UNLIMITED, Counselor Alternative Campus/Georgetown Alternative Program, Georgetown,TX

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

Business Certified Appraiser -  Aug. 2021

International Society of Business Appraisers

Master of Science, Economic Development and Entrepreneurship - Dec. 2017

School of Business Administration (AACSB International)

University of Houston-Victoria, Victoria,TX.

Master of Education, School Psychology - May 1996

Texas State University, San Marcus,TX                                                             

Member of PSI CHI, The National Honor Society in Psychology

Bachelor of Business Administration -  Dec. 1980

Texas State University, San Marcos,TX

Licensed Professional Counselor  - Dec. 2001

University of North Texas, Denton,TX

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Institute of Equipment Valuation
• Texas Association of Business Brokers
• Small Business Institute
• Mid-America Lenders Conference
• Central Texas Association of Government Guaranteed Lender
• Texas Rural Challenge