Bill Rausch

About Bill Rausch

A finance team once showed me a P&L driven by 500+ reclassification rules.* Engineering salaries were above the line.* Engineering subscriptions were below.* If two rules applied, the higher-ranking one won. Their planning platform couldn’t handle the dimensionality. So they exported the data to a warehouse, ran a script, tagged it, and re-imported it just to see COGS. That’s a Black Box P&L. I’ve been in performance management for 25+ years. I’ve seen this pattern over and over. Smart teams. Hardworking people. Fragile systems. That’s why I started Bright Point. And why I started it again after selling it. I care about how planning systems are built. Not just whether they demo well. Not just whether they “check the box.” Whether they survive complexity. Whether they scale. Whether the finance team actually understands the logic inside them. Today, we implement Pigment as a decision system for Finance, HR, and Sales teams.* We front-load reporting.* We co-build so clients own the model.* We eliminate warehouse tagging loops and ranked-rule nightmares. The goal is durability. Systems that still make sense when the business doubles. Systems that survive turnover. Systems the board can trust. AI can now write formulas in seconds. That doesn’t mean they’re right. Architecture still matters. If you’re evaluating planning platforms or untangling a fragile implementation, I’m happy to compare notes.

Experience

1. Managing Director

   Bright Point

   Jan 2022 — Present · Raleigh, NC, US

   I founded Bright Point after seeing the same pattern for 25+ years in performance management:Finance teams don’t fail because they lack intelligence. They struggle because their planning systems can’t model how their business actually works.Too many operate with: Black-box reclassification logic Spreadsheet-driven workforce planning Revenue models only one person understands Planning tools configured like reporting dashboardsWe implement Pigment as a decision system, not a dashboard factory.Bright Point delivers Pigment implementations and managed services for Finance, HR, and Sales teams. Our work typically includes: Role-based workforce planning Driver-based OpEx tied to headcount and revenue Custom revenue and COGS builds Allocations and dimensional reclassification logic Board-ready reporting early in the projectWe work in 2-week sprints and front-load value. Reporting and data validation go live early. Planning layers in on a solid foundation. Clients co-build with us so they own the system before go-live.The goal is not just implementation. It is durability.We eliminate warehouse tagging loops, remove ranked-rule nightmares, and build planning environments that scale when the business doubles.If you\'re evaluating Pigment, fixing a drifting implementation, or replacing fragile spreadsheet planning with something durable, let’s talk.

Education

• Rutgers University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Business Intelligence
• Saas
• Essbase
• Hyperion
• Professional Services
• Host Analytics
• Sales Consulting
• Analytics
• Hyperion Enterprise
• Sales Operations
• Enterprise Software
• Erp
• Business Strategy
• Oracle
• Integration
• Master Data Management
• Management
• Data Warehousing
• Cloud Computing
• Pre-Sales
• Project Planning
• Forecasting
• Requirements Analysis
• Analysis
• Software Project Management
• Performance Management
• Consulting
• Leadership
• Software Development
• Project Management
• Management Consulting
• Team Management
• Business Process
• Process Improvement
• Budgets
• Data Integration
• Business Development
• Epm
• Business Intelligence Tools
• Business Process Improvement