Bill Bersing

Bill Bersing is an accomplished Senior Executive with more than 25 years of success across the energy, engineering, construction, security, IT, and government sectors. Leveraging extensive experience developing Construction Management Information Systems and leading program management on billion dollar U.S. government programs and projects around the world, he is a valuable asset for companies working on pursuing government contracts, construction program management, scheduling issues, strategy around risk of moving into a new market, or on reorganization of processes and procedures. His broad areas of expertise include business development, government contracting, organizational leadership, global operations, construction management services, quality control, crisis management, personnel management, qualitative research studies, big data, engineering design, and strategic planning. Throughout his career, Dr. Bersing has held leadership positions at companies including the Institute for Program Solutions PC (IPS), Louis Berger, O’Brien Krietzberg (URS) and Jacobs Engineering. As President of IPS since 2011 (and previously from 2003 to 2006), he oversees Construction Management and Engineering Services throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME) to the U.S. DoD, Department of State and a number of large corporations. Projects have included writing and assisting negotiations for a $750M UAE real estate build lease contract between the U.S. government and Dubai Port World. He also spent more than two years as Senior Program Manager with global professional services and civil engineering firm Louis Berger from 2014 to 2017. These roles follow nearly six years as Senior Program Manager with Jacobs Engineering, where he provided construction management services at air bases and facilities with program value of more than $1B. He previously spent three years as Regional Manager with URS Corporation and five years as a Project Engineer with the Naples Improvement Initiative. He honed his project management expertise during eight years as a Project Engineer with NAVFAC. He has been responsible for providing senior level design and construction management services on more than $3B in construction programs, is a Scheduling Subject Matter Expert (SME) and dispute resolution/claims expert for the State Department’s Overseas Building Operation (OBO) and Quatar Railways Major Stations, and has a track record for establishing partnerships and joint ventures between multinational companies on large business pursuits. Bill holds a BS in Civil Engineering from the Virginia Military Institute, an MiS in Management Information Systems from Bowie State University, and a DM in Organizational Leadership from the University of Phoenix. He has been a Board Member with the American Society of Civil Engineers Region 10 and is an Advisory Board Member with the International Resilience Center.