Founder & Principal Consultant

Bill Palladino is a consultant, writer, CEO for hire, executive coach, instructional designer, professional trainer, and keynote speaker. He is the founder of Krios Consulting, which celebrates its 34th year in 2024.

With over 30 years of management and business ownership experience, Bill has provided facilitation, coaching, and consulting to Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, health systems, community groups, and governmental agencies around the world. He has worked extensively in the healthcare field with Kaiser-Permanente, Pfizer, Sun Pharma, Sanofi, the CDC, Genesis Health Systems, and others. A core of clients come from school systems around the U.S.. Currently, Bill is providing support in organizational and community wellness to Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) in Flint Michigan, the Toronto District School Board, Winnipeg Public Schools, Harvard Schools in Illinois, Knoxville Public Schools in Iowa, and Boone County Schools in Kentucky. Rounding out the client list are business and governmental agencies including Farmer's Insurance, USAA Insurance, Eaton, Disney, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Grand Traverse County, Honor Bank, and TBA Credit Union.

Bill Palladino has a partnership arrangement with The International Thought Leader Network, a corporate training service based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Outcomes of this partnership include the development of educational content for best-selling authors, including John Kotter, Chris Trimble, Vijay Govindarajan, Joel Barker, and Shawn Achor. His focus is to bring their academic research and intellectual property to life by creating dynamic workshops and presentations that provide lasting benefits to clients.In the Grand Traverse region, Bill is known for his past roles as economic development director at Networks Northwest, as regional director of the Michigan Small Business Development Centers (SBTDC), and as CEO of Taste the Local Difference. He serves on the board of TCNewTech, a nonprofit that supports building a technology ecosystem in northern Michigan. He also volunteers regularly with Norte and Safe Harbor.

When he's not traveling the world for his clients, Bill lives in Kingsley, Michigan.