Rich Bilancia is President and founder of Computer Guidance and Support, a technology and managerial accounting consulting firm. Until recently he was the CIO and Vice President of Information Technology at CoorsTek, Inc., a Golden, Colorado based leading designer and manufacturer of critical components and integrated assemblies for the semiconductor capital equipment industry and other high technology markets. While at CoorsTek, Rich completed a major upgrade of the IT organization and then led the successful corporate deployment and acceptance of portal technology and data warehousing. He also directed a PeopleSoft financials and supply chain implementation in the midst of a major economic downturn.
Earlier, Rich was a co-founder and Vice President of Colorado-based Foothills Software, Inc., a UNIX software development company that was an Industry Remarketer (IR) for IBM's RISC System/6000, where he headed the software development team. Previous to that, he completed a fourteen year career with Manville Corporation as Vice President of Accounting Methods. Throughout his career he has specialized in solving business and managerial accounting problems using computer technology.
Rich has extensive experience in Activity-Based Cost Management (ABCM), managerial accounting, open systems, software development, project management, and technology consulting. His expertise has given him many opportunities to work with a variety of domestic and international corporations. His career spans over twenty five years and covers a diverse range of industries including automotive and aerospace component manufacturing, building materials, oil and chemical, wood and paper products, exploration and mining, food and beverage processing, hotel and hospitality management, insurance, retailing, and communications. Rich is recognized nationally as an expert on Activity-Based Cost Management (ABCM), the AIX, UNIX and XENIX operating systems, as well as computerized managerial accounting. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has written over 60 articles for computer industry publications. For nearly two years he wrote the "/xenix" column for UNIX/World magazine.
Rich has taught courses for Fortune 500 companies and government agencies both in ABCM and in software development using fourth generation languages as well as taught accounting technology classes at the University of Denver as an adjunct professor.
Rich holds a B.S. degree in Economics from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Masters of Accountancy with a minor in Computer Science from the University of Denver. He is an active member in several technology associations and has at one time or another been nominated for virtually all of the Who's Who publications.
You can e-mail me on the Internet at rab@msn.com