William Brooks

Mr. William M. Brooks has over 34 years of high technology industry management experience working in New Product Development (NPD) organizations. His role has spanned from Research Physicist to Senior Vice President/General Manager, often working as Senior Program Manager leading international product development teams. His expertise extends from technology to business development that includes project planning, multi-criteria decision-making, multi-cultural leadership, financial management, contracts management, and strategy development. He has been employed by large international corporations and small start-up companies, and has started new lines of business in both. He holds two issued U.S. patents and received the Robert E. Gross Award as well as numerous additional corporate-level awards in recognition of his innovation and management excellence.

Mr. Brooks has taught Program Management courses at the University of California Extension at Santa Cruz for over 15 years, serving as Coordinator of the Program Management Certificate program from 1994 to 2000 during which he developed course curriculum and recruited instructors that resulted in the most successful Certificate program within the UCSC Extension Business & Management Division. Mr. Brooks presented a Program Management workshop at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 2007 and now teaches Project Management at the Institute.