Bill Garcia

Bill began his career in the broom closet of Allstate Insurance, rising quickly into management in the Home Office facilities department where he was the manager of the $54M budget, procurement, special projects and technology. His curiosity of all things technical later led him to a decade of project management in the information technology arena, achieving PMP certification in 2003. He later founded and led two small businesses before returning to strategic procurement role handling HR, Marketing, Supply Chain, IT technology and managed services for Rockwell Automation Inc and True Value Company, LLC.

He had the honor of serving as a board member of a domestic violence foundation running the annual gala and toy drive and co-authored “When Terminations Go Wrong” a credited SHRM education program that keeps the HR professional safe in hostile circumstances. He loves to connect people to people and believes in the Pay It Forward philosophy of life.