Bill Haskell
Mr. Haskell joined Haley Ward’s Board of Directors in 2020 as its first non-employee director. He is an executive with over 30 years of experience in creating and building technology companies. As an entrepreneur, Mr. Haskell has co-founded more than a dozen companies – six of which were successfully launched as public companies in the US and Europe. Mr. Haskell’s experience reflects a combination of executive management, private equity investment and company creation.
Currently, Mr. Haskell is a partner in Bellview Associates and advises private companies in all phases of converting to employee ownership. In 2020, he was instrumental in converting Haley Ward into a 100% employee-owned company.
Previously, Mr. Haskell spent over a decade in various technical and management roles in private industry — principally in the national intelligence and defense sectors. In the early 1990’s, Mr. Haskell also led two successful turnarounds of private companies.
Over the past two decades, Mr. Haskell has served as a Director of 15 private and public company in North America, Europe and Australia. Mr. Haskell earned degrees in engineering and applied mathematics from Iowa State University.