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Bill Smith : Founder of Double Iron Consulting.

In 2000, Bill earned his MBA from Emory University's Goizueta Business School. Then moved from Royal Cup's Field Sales team again to the business enterprise headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, where he joined the company's Operations Division. After various immersion roles in every facets of operations, Bill assumed senior management responsibilities for Operations. Bill successfully built out the Operations Management team, increased the ability and capabilities of each and every department, and assumed executive leadership responsibilities soon thereafter.

In the 2010s, Bill first was promoted to executive leadership over Operations, Commercial Sales, and Office Coffee Service. Double Iron Consulting Then, in 2014, Bill was named President & CEO of Royal Cup thus following in his uncle and father's footsteps for your family business.

Throughout his career, Bill has been a dynamic supporter and participant in United Way annual campaigns and he's served on multiple Birmingham and Alabama nonprofit organizations such as the Red Cross and McWane Science Center. Currently, as well as Bill's director and strategic advisor role on Royal Cup's board, Bill also serves on the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama board of directors.

Bill is a dynamic fitness leader and enjoys running, swimming, cycling, and hiking. Having done many running road races, Bill will likely do his first triathlon later this 2021 calendar year. Bill is really a ready partner to go again and join anyone who would like to celebrate a landmark birthday with a skydiving jump.

Where did the idea for Double Iron Consulting come from?

As a household business executive and owner, Bill achieved numerous milestones across his experiences. Now, while still being truly a manager and board director, he wants to utilize those learnings in a brand new way and a brand new direction. Bill started his business to offer him the platform to generally share his experiences with other business owners and executives who're facing and leaning into the exact same situations and challenges he faced in his family business career.

What does your typical day look like and how do you make it productive?

Bill's day often includes mental, physical, professional, and social or service development. Mentally, he seeks to see and study and also practice with new languages. Physically, he works to improve his fitness and training for road races and triathlons. Professionally, he invests quality and degree of time into his new business. Socially or service-minded, he commits to helping others whether that be connecting people, listening and encouraging friends, or acting to steer or empower others through service.

How can you bring ideas your?

Many folks have great ideas. Bill embraces new ideas with a conviction and resolve to see progress in results.

What's one trend that excites you?

We must any or all be excited to see people step out and go back to eating at restaurants, supporting town through active engagement again, and traveling both domestically and internationally.

What is one habit of yours that makes you more productive as an entrepreneur?

Listen along along together with your eyes and hear along along together with your ears.

What advice would you give your younger self?

Bill would tell his younger self to embrace those first five years post-college with the target of achieving a more impressive number of new experiences, especially including more happen to be different countries and cultures.