City of Joliet Leadership

20 years of information technology, business leadership, & senior executive experience.Innovative leader with strong program management skills. Can take conceptual ideas to production using structured methodologies. Will take complex business challenges and create solutions that feed directly to the bottom line.___________________________________________________I’ve been blessed with a career that spans a multitude of industriesand organizational environments. This includes serving as anexecutive at rapid-growth/mid-market firms, as a senior director atFortune 500 companies, as the President the Board of Directors at a not-for-profit organization, and as an executive consultant for everything inbetween.I have the reputation of taking concepts to production with speed to market in mind. Too often technology is the blocker to success. I remove those obstacles and allow technology to open new doors of opportunity.________________________LEADERSHIP and PROJECT MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY________________________★ Surround myself with the best teams by assembling quality talentand leading ongoing professional development★ Foster collaborative relationships, promoting inclusiveness and adiversity of perspectives to create dynamic teams★ Utilize tools and methodologies that match the culture of the organization andcan deliver the desired business result

Bill Evans is a Chief of Police at City of Joliet and is based in Greater Chicago Area. He has worked as Lieutenant, Patrol / Field Operations at Cook County; Security Professional at Strategic Security Solutions Inc.; and NSA - Fort Meade, MD at US Department Of Defense. Bill studied at Saint Joseph’s University between 1985 and 1989, Chicago State University between 1990 and 1995, and Northwestern University.