Bill Morrison

UML engineering graduate and entrepreneur Bill Morrison is finding a home for his nascent company, Sky Meadows Solutions, LLC, in the business incubator at the University’s Commercial Ventures Development.

“I went through what it has to offer and it seems like a really good fit,” said Morrison. “It’s hard working out of your home. I feel much more energized when I can work alongside other entrepreneurs, even those in other fields, where we can discuss experiences and ideas to generate creativity. This should be a great jump start for my company.”

Morrison started his engineering consulting venture when, after five years as program manager of development at GN Netcom in Nashua, he was laid off in the wake of tech industry downsizing that saw many others lose jobs as well. However, unlike many others, Morrison knew those halcyon days would not return.

“Companies that laid off their engineering departments won’t be hiring back even 80 percent of those employees, but there will be a demand for production services,” Morrison said. “Instead of trying to fight them, I’m joining them.”

He founded Sky Meadow Solutions as a program management development company allowing his clients to employ his services at any point in the design and production process, paying for what they need as they need it.

As outsourcing becomes the rule rather than the exception, Morrison feels his well-rounded experiences in both the engineering and operations ends of telecommunications, medical technologies, electronics and semiconductors make him an attractive alternative to the high overhead of a full time, permanent staff.