Bill Hood Biography

Bill Hood, President and Principal

Bill Hood is the president of Network Partners. He has more than 20 years of experience in strategic technology consulting. Mr. Hood pioneered the information technology field and has worked with personal computers since they were first introduced to the market. His foresight and technical ability enabled him to begin design and implement computer networks before the industry offered the wealth of hardware and software options there are available today. As a matter of fact, Mr. Hood's first network consisted of two computers connected with a cable he had to cobble together with parts purchased at Radio Shack.

Prior to co-founding Network Partners, Mr. Hood was the Director of Technical Architecture with Guaranty Federal Bank. There he was charged with designing,
implementing and maintaining the networks that enabled the bank to maximize the
yield of its various portfolios. He achieved this by developing one of the first data
warehousing applications over a decade ago, thus setting the path for a concept
that is widely deployed today. Hood credits his experience as a Senior Consultant
with Price-Water-house, L.L.P. with giving him the ability to look at any business in
any industry and quickly learn how its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats translate into IT issues. This background is the basis of his approach to technology from a business perspective, rather than recommending technology for
technology’s sake. It also is the source of his management style that is based on the principle that says you can teach people technology but good client service is an inherent quality. Mr. Hood holds a BS degree in mathematics from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a Microsoft Certified Professional. Owing to his expertise in networks and Microsoft systems, Mr. Hood has been an invited lecturer at several
business and industry events.

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