Bill was born in Canada and immigrated to
Spokane, Washington at age 2. He spent
50 years in the real estate industry beginning as a broker in Spokane and
ending up as the President of Century 21 China where he oversaw China’s largest
real estate group with 20,000 agents in 1500 offices and 31 cities. In
between, he lived overseas for 20 years helping Century 21 Real Estate expand
in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Latin America. From 2011 to
2018 he assisted Keller Williams Real Estate with their global expansion into
43 countries.
He is a published author of two books, Memoirs
of a Franchise Gypsy, and Insights from a Franchise Insider which
detail his experiences working globally with lessons learned in the franchise
industry. Both are available at Amazon.com.
After retiring Bill took up wood carving and
began creating his Fence Post Ducks using 100-year-old cedar
posts from the Central Oregon cattle ranches. Being a golfer and
fisherman, he decided to expand his art into his Golf Art Series and
Fish Art by repurposing rare persimmon wood clubs with hand-carved duck
heads to make a perfect, one-of-a-kind gift as well as stringers of juniper
wood fish. He has participated in many arts and craft shows in the
past 4 years around Central Oregon.
Bill and
his wife Gilda retired to Central Oregon in 2016 and live in Redmond at the Eagle
Crest Resort.
