Dr. William Strauss has become recognized as the leading domestic expert in the economics of the production and use of biothermal fuels.

Bill brings more than thirty-five years of strategic planning, project management, data analysis, and modeling experience into his stock of knowledge capital. He also compliments his business and economics background with real-world hands-on technical skills. Bill's professional history includes executive positions as director, president, and senior vice president, as well as positions as a senior analyst, field coordinator, and operations manager. He has an MBA (specializing in Finance) and a PhD (Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science, and Economics).

Bill brings some unique skills and wisdom into the mix that are specific to the understanding of combustion and energy production. He has more than 15 years of hands-on experience in the waste-to-energy sector. In the late 1970s into the 1980s he brought a number of new facilities on line as a "start-up" manager (one of which was in Auburn, Maine and is still operating today). As a consultant he negotiated power sales agreements with electric utilities and district heating systems, and municipal solid waste delivery contracts with cities, authorities, and haulers. Bill also innovated techniques for improved combustion, cleaner emissions, and more efficient operations that resulted in higher revenues, lower costs, and happier neighbors.

Bill is the President and founder of FutureMetrics, LLC. Bill is also a director of Maine Energy Systems. He has recently served on the Maine Governor's Wood-to-Energy Task Force and is currently the chief economic advisor to the Maine Pellet Fuels Association and the Biomass Thermal Energy Council. He is a member of the New England Complex Systems Institute, a member of the Eastern Economics Association, and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Bill is the President of Lightval Mines, Limited, a Canadian junior mining company. Bill also serves on the Sunday River ski area Advisory Committee and on the board of directors of the Bethel, Maine Historical Society.