Bill Bennett

Experience

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  Lyric Opera of Chicago

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2013

  Professional Classical Singer

  • Earned experience as professional classical singer, performing leading operatic roles with regional houses, solo engagements with symphony orchestras, and as a member of foremost professional choruses such as the Chicago Symphony and Lyric Opera of Chicago; recording credits include several Grammy winning recordings with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and the soundtrack to Oscar-nominated film "Lincoln" (Spielberg/Williams).Also: Chicago Opera Theater, Light Opera Works, Elgin Opera, Ash Lawn Opera, DuPage Opera, Chicago Chorale, Chautauqua Voice Institute. Show less

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  Velvet Singer LLC

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2013

  Managing Director

  • Founded a technology and professional services start-up for classical singers (www.velvetsinger.com), offering a content management product and presenting seminars on "the business of singing" at over 50 top music schools and opera companies including Northwestern University, Manhattan School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music.Arts Management, Start-Up, Software Product Design, Interface Design, Vertical Market Product, FileMaker, PHP, MySQL, iOS, Zend, XML, Wordpress, Google API, Ajax, JavaScript, AppleScript. Show less

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  Soliant Consulting

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2013

  • Won FileMaker's coveted "Mad Dog PR" award for Soliant by spearheading collegiate capstone project using FM at UVA Engineering.• Developed and installed modules in mission-critical FileMaker system responsible for daily wires transfer and Federal Terrorist Watch List screening for CitiBank, N.A.• Pitched, designed, implemented, and launched a complete FileMaker system rewrite improving customer service and printing time by over 50% for OneSource Publishing, LLC.Management Information Systems, MIS, FileMaker, User Interface Design, Custom Web Publishing, Requirements Gathering, Deployment Testing, Impact Validation. Show less

  • Director of Strategic Growth

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  • Business Analyst / Software Developer

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2012

  • Knowledge Management Team

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2010
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  Kiza Solutions

  Jan 2013 - now

  Executive Director & Founder

  Growing a team of industry-leading systems architects and talented software developers based in the U.S., Rwanda, South Africa, Dubai, Kenya and Ghana.