Fireside Chat with Bill Spruill

Fireside Chats are a continuing series of talks hosted by Launch Chapel Hill and the Eship Center. These are real talks with real entrepreneurs: the good, the bad and the ugly of their entrepreneurial journey thus far, not just the shiny success stories. These conversations showcase a broad range of entrepreneurs at various stages of their venture evolution, some at early stages post launch and others in scale and growth mode. These founders and business leaders will connect you to the entrepreneurial community in the Triangle. Our fireside founders are living the roller coaster ride of entrepreneurship in real time! We want our audience to engage in authentic conversations and ask tough questions about the ups and downs our founders are currently facing and the persistence and grit needed to make it through this bumpy journey. In our 4th and final session for this semester, we are featuring William “Bill” Spruill, co-founder and CEO of Raleigh’s Global Data Consortium (GDC), a global identity verification platform. The Global Data Consortium enables cross-border digital transactions by providing instant identity verification of individuals and businesses though its Worldview platform. Customers include Amazon, Mercado Libre, DHL Global and Tipalti. Bill has more than 20 years of experience in Enterprise Data Management. He started his career working with SAS Institute focused on channels. After leaving SAS he worked with a variety of companies focused on international address verification, matching and data quality. He was part of the acquisitions of AddressDoctor, Loqate, Identity Systems and Intelligent Search Technology. Bill is also an active angel investor. He is a member of Triangle Angel Partners, a $2.6 million early stage angel fund. Current and past companies invested in include: Magnus HealthIT, Union Metrics, Loqate, WaterPlayUSA, Windsor Circle and Offline Media. Bill has also been involved in advising a number of data management companies through strategic growth & acquisition including AddressDoctor GmbH, Intelligent Search Technology, Siperian and Delos Technology.