Bill Ashton
Municipal Manager
Herndon,VA
Summary
Knowledgeable municipal manager successful at promoting jurisdiction interests, improving operations and maximizing the effectiveness of different departments. A leader who believes that an organization must be customer focused while maximizing its performance through applying best practices and developing a shared vision; promoting engagement and collaboration; re-enforcing organizational values, training, mentoring, and rewarding initiative while insisting on the highest standards and fiscal and ethical accountability.
Overview
12
12
years of post-secondary education
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Town Manager
Town Of Herndon, VA
Herndon, VA
07.2017 - Current
- Chief Administrative Officer leading ten municipal departments and four enterprise fund operations.
- Keep municipal operations in compliance with all town ordinances, state code requirements and federal laws.
- Created and managed organizational culture dedicated to customer service based on values of leadership, ownership, respect, integrity, inclusiveness and commitment to serving others.
- Overhauled all financial policies and capital reserve structure; unwound unsustainable OPEB liabilities; brought investments into legal compliance; effected changes to allow Water and Sewer enterprise fund to breakeven for the first time in over ten years, all of which led to achieving AAA bond ratings from all three rating agencies.
- Create, and submit to Town Council, annual budgets for all town funds.
- Achieved financial surpluses in all four years as town manager, to include Covid-19 affected years when general fund revenues declined by over 15%.
- Represented town interests with regional and state governmental organizations, community groups, and public.
- Delivered downtown redevelopment project through Virginia Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act and collaborative approach of stake-holder engagement.
- Prepared for Herndon Silver Line Metro station by overseeing planning processes for redevelopment of nine properties and over $32 million in surface transportation improvements.
Acting Town Manager
Town Of Herndon, VA
Herndon, VA
01.2017 - 06.2017
- Kept municipal operations in compliance with all town ordinances, state code requirements and federal laws.
- Established ownership-based leadership philosophy that transformed organizational culture.
Director of Information Technology
Town Of Herndon, VA
Herndon, VA
04.1997 - 06.2017
- Acted in role of deputy town manager, filling in for town manager in various capacities and during absences. Assisted town manager in crafting organizational strategy.
- Provided leadership for IT department staff; built department into cohesive, high-performing team.
- Analyzed town-wide business requirements to align technology priorities with business needs.
- Developed, tracked and controlled information technology operating budgets and cost and benefit analyses for IT spending initiatives.
- Created and tested disaster recovery and business continuity plans that laid groundwork for organizational response to Covid-19.
Manager, Client-Server Operations
BTG, Inc.
Washington, DC
02.1995 - 04.1997
Various Positions
United States Senate
Washington, DC
08.1987 - 02.1995
Education
Master of Public Information -
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 09.2002 - 12.2005
BBA - Management Information Systems
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 09.1982 - 08.1991
Skills
Collaborative Leadership
Affiliations
- Members' Supervisory Board, Virginia Risk Sharing Association. Board of Directors to an insurance pool covering over 460 Virginia cities, counties, towns, authorities, schools and other public entities.
- Member, International City/County Management Association
- Member, Virginia Local Government Managers Association
Timeline
Town Manager
Town Of Herndon, VA
07.2017 - Current
Acting Town Manager
Town Of Herndon, VA
01.2017 - 06.2017
Master of Public Information -
George Mason University
09.2002 - 12.2005
Director of Information Technology
Town Of Herndon, VA
04.1997 - 06.2017
Manager, Client-Server Operations
BTG, Inc.
02.1995 - 04.1997
Various Positions
United States Senate
08.1987 - 02.1995
BBA - Management Information Systems
James Madison University
09.1982 - 08.1991
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