Bill Holl, Senior Advisor

Bill is a Senior Advisor at Strategex and has over 30 years of experience in general management and marketing.

Prior to joining Strategex, Bill was EVP and COO of Zep, a $575mm cleaning and maintenance chemicals business. While at Zep (a long standing client of Strategex), he was responsible for leading and implementing the 80/20 tools and philosophy across all of Zep’s departments with remarkable bottom line impact. Bill streamlined Zep’s operating structure, resulting in improvement in sales per employee by 10%, and he implemented strategies to assist in growing net income by 17% for FY 2008. Bill also led Zep to improve margins by 400 basis points.

Bill began his successful career with Proctor and Gamble, followed by a 21 year stint with Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), working in various operational and marketing roles prior to becoming a GM in 1992. Bill served as President of a $5 Billion Group at CCE prior to being recruited to be CEO for DS Waters, an $810mm home and office water company which he sold in 2005.

Bill received his BS in Business Administration from University of Southern California where he triple-majored in marketing, finance, and accounting. He went on to receive his MBA from Harvard Business School. Prior to joining Zep, Bill served on the Board of Directors for Safety-Kleen Holding Company.