Bill Othick

VICE PRESIDENT

Bill Othick is Vice President of BOI Solutions Inc., the media integration company he founded with his partner Lysanne Burke.  He is one of the most accomplished technologists of the video conferencing revolution. It was twenty years ago when he became best-known as an entrepreneur in this emerging industry.  His work as a video conferencing integrator and security systems designer has taken him all over the world both in the military and commercial sectors.

Professional Background: In 1988 Bill Othick created Advanced Acoustical Concepts, Inc. (AAC) Incorporated with three partners.  He was the public face of the organization because of his well known reputation as a technologist. Before entering the videoconferencing industry, the company was a defense contractor that developed audio security equipment and techniques to safeguard military information systems.

In 1990 AAC was contacted by a US government entity to attend a meeting at a U.S. Navy site.  Escorted by two armed guards to the interior of a vault, Othick was introduced to four Star General Johnson, who then introduced Bill to a table crowded with two and three Star generals.

The government commissioned AAC to build a SCIF (Secure Compartmented Information Facility) within a SCIF and asked if AAC build it in two weeks.  This work was completed within the allotted time and certified on time.  This room was used to support Desert Shield (much later to be known as Operation Desert Storm).

In 1992 AAC and all of its partners moved to Dayton, OH on a support contract for Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB).  This was to protect numerous facilities with both NOPASS and new techniques to protect sensitive information.

When "Peace" broke out, AAC had already started doing projects for Monsanto, Owens Corning, Goldman Sachs, American Home Products, Mattel, Northrop, Boeing, Lockheed to name a few.

Notable Mentions

Government

• Created the Video down-link for NASA’s 1995 space shuttle launch called USML2 Orbiter; "Thunder in the Desert".  This was the first ever wireless data video conferencing system, merging communications and compressed video.
• Developed fiber optical isolator for 366 dialing for government encryption
• Team leader for video campus for US Marine Corps camp Pendleton

Bill Othick continues research for new products and brings cost effective methods of video conferencing, media room integration, and secure communications to the attention of the DIA, Air Force, State Department, and DoD security management groups.

Commercial

• Built Tele Health Care kiosks for a pharmaceutical manufacturer
• Designed Ernst & Young’s multimedia room of the future
• Designed Procter & Gamble’s collaboration rooms.  This also included smart electronic meeting tables for P&G and other Fortune 100 companies
• Team leader for P&G Beckett Ridge Innovation Center which includes multiple rooms of the future
• Team leader of multiple room campus for Monsanto/Pharmacia
• Team leader for designing and deploying executive multi-media pad for General Motors board of directors.

The government commissioned AAC to build a SCIF (Secure Compartmented Information Facility) within a SCIF and asked if AAC build it in two weeks.  This work was completed within the allotted time and certified on time.  This room was used to support Desert Shield (much later to be known as Operation Desert Storm).

In 1992 AAC and all of its partners moved to Dayton, OH on a support contract for Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB).  This was to protect numerous facilities with both NOPASS and new techniques to protect sensitive information.
When "Peace" broke out, AAC had already started doing projects for Monsanto, Owens Corning, Goldman Sachs, American Home Products, Mattel, Northrop, Boeing, Lockheed to name a few.

The company had split into four markets for videoconferencing -- health care, education, finance and manufacturing -- to help boost growth. In the health care field, the company has introduced MedRover, a roll-about cart that utilizes videoconferencing technology. With MedRover, a doctor 2,000 miles a way can see a patient and give instructions to the attending doctor or nurse. For the other markets, videoconferencing has been a staple.
In 1994, AAC partnered with PictureTel, making AAC the first videoconferencing integrator to team with the Danvers, Mass.-based company. Dayton-based AAC Inc. had won PictureTel Corp.'s Value-Added Reseller of the Year award for the fifth year in a row, and an award from Presentation magazine for a media room it designed for Monsanto Corp. in Chicago.

In 2001 AAC was purchased by WireOne.  Bill Othick and Lysanne Burke were retained for the transition (2 years).  After they completed their assignment at WireOne, they decided to build an organization that will become an industry leader in what was emerging as Media Integration.

BOI Solution’s Media Integration projects allow the elimination of spatial constraints permitting the creation of VIRTUAL TEAMS.  This enables corporations to distribute the knowledge strength of their employees directly to where the resource is required, without disrupting the individual's life with extensive, costly travel and time away from home.
As Vice President of BOI Solutions, Bill is often the public face of the company.  A few of the primary clients are Procter & Gamble, NFL Films, Honda of America, and several U.S. Air Force Bases.

Bill Othick