Resume
William F. Nesbit
Summary Resume
Senior business manager with extensive experience as an owner/operator of graphic design, printing, and marketing communications companies.
Work History
2009-Present
President/Owner, Wm. Nesbit & Associates, Inc., Lake Oswego, Oregon
Manage a consortium of independent companies providing marketing & communications services to businesses and organizations in the Portland metropolitan area.
2004-2009
President/Owner, Graphix Plus, Canby, Oregon
Oversaw all financial, administrative, and personnel matters for a four-person, $500,000-a-year full-service graphic design and printing company serving businesses in the Willamette Valley and Portland metropolitan areas.
1979-2004
President/Owner, Wm. Nesbit & Associates, Inc., Santa Rosa & Davis, California, and Lake Oswego, Oregon
Established and managed a 15-person, $1 million-a-year marketing and technical communications company providing communications planning and management services, and writing, editing, graphics, and production services to clients including the Electric Power Research Institute, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., CH2M Hill, Chevron Inc., National Renewable Energy Laboratory, California Public Utilities Commission, and Sacramento Municipal Utility District. Supervised all financial, administrative, and personnel matters, and oversaw management of all client accounts.
1973-1979
Senior Public Relations/Public Affairs Representative, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Oakland, California
Managed public relations for the corporation’s Refractories and Industrial Chemicals divisions, and Energy Management, Environmental Control, and Research & Development departments. Wrote and managed production of a series of magazine-length publications examining contemporary business and public policy issues.
1970-1973
Newspaper Reporter, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona, and The Hickory Daily Record, Hickory, North Carolina
1967-1970
1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army
Education
BA Wake Forest College, 1966