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Aurea.

Latin · golden holly · evergreen, resilient, refined

The names of plants endure because the plants themselves do. A practice for executives who need their next program to arrive, hold, and compound.

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The Standard

Why gold, and why a holly.

The Romans named the holly ilex. Its leaves persist when nothing else does — its wood is dense, its berries hold the winter. Aurea is the gold; the standard a thing is measured against.

The work I offer borrows from both: programs that survive the season, delivered to a measurable mark. Strategy without follow-through is folklore. Delivery without strategy is overtime.

A Selection of Numerals

Outcomes, on the record.

Drawn from programs led across Cerner and Oracle. Case studies follow.

$15M
License renewals avoided
Over three years, by leading an ITSM migration through the Oracle acquisition.
18mo↘ to under 6 weeks
Lead-time reduction
A struggling team turned into a top performer through agile and process design.
75%↘ to zero
Engineer turnover, eliminated
Average tenure now greater than five years on a once-challenging team.
17×
Global contributors led
Across the U.S., Romania, India, the Middle East, Australia, and Northern Europe.
The Practice

Six engagements I am built for.

Each engagement is shaped around outcomes you can defend in a board meeting — and a team that still wants to be there when the program is over.

i.

Program rescue & turnaround

For initiatives that have lost their footing — schedule, scope, or trust. Diagnosis in days; a defensible recovery plan in weeks.

ii.

Post-acquisition integration

System migrations, license consolidation, and team alignment through the disorientation of M&A. Quiet competence under hot lights.

iii.

AI-augmented delivery

Bringing modern tooling into mature organizations without theatre. Weeks of work where months were planned, with the human craftsmanship intact.

iv.

Global team leadership

Cross-cultural orchestration across time zones and tongues — bilingual in English and Spanish, fluent in the dialects of engineering and the executive suite.

v.

Process & lean design

Lean Six Sigma applied to knowledge work. Backlogs prioritized, intake hardened, retrospectives that produce change rather than catharsis.

vi.

Healthcare & regulated IT

Twelve years inside healthcare IT — Cerner, then Oracle. Identity and access management, ITSM, and the documentation regulators ask to see.

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The PrincipalWilliam E. Bullis, Jr.
Principal

Fourteen years of delivery, distilled to a practice.

I am a healthcare IT program manager who came up through software implementation, solution design, and the kind of cross-functional leadership that earns its keep by what survives the engagement.

I led global teams at Cerner and then Oracle through acquisitions, migrations, and the kind of cultural work that turns 75% annual turnover into five-year tenures. I founded a software company. I am, in my own time, learning to use modern AI tools the way a master tradesman learns a new chisel — quickly, precisely, and with respect for the wood.

Tenure
14+ years in enterprise IT · 8 leadership roles · 6 continents touched
Formation
M.B.A., Strategic Management & Leadership · University of Kansas
Foundations
B.Sc., Management Information Systems · Penn State University
Certifications
Lean Six Sigma · ITIL Foundations · Supply Chain Management
Languages
English & Spanish, fluent — written and spoken
Locale
Phoenix · East Valley, Arizona — engagements national
An Invitation

Let’s see if there is a fit.

Case studies are forthcoming. Until then, the most useful thing I can offer is a thirty-minute conversation — at no cost — about the program you have in front of you.

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