Bill Hebert
Executive Director
CFS Consulting Services, LLC
FPL Global Events Committee Co-Chair

William H. Hebert is currently the Executive Director of CFS Consulting Services, LLC in Boston MA. Mr. Hebert is responsible for strategy, business development, technology solutions and relationship management. CFS is a financial services-focused firm providing strategy, business, operational and technology solutions including product evaluations, system implementations, application development and staffing from a diverse network of experienced industry professionals.

Prior to joining CFS, Mr. Hebert was the director of Strategic Business Development for Charles River Development, a provider of financial software and services to the global investment management community. In this role, he was responsible for the growth of global alliances and connectivity solutions offered by Charles River, with a specific focus on institutional trading, electronic products, market structure, liquidity access and third-party partnership development and management.

Mr. Hebert previously served as vice president and director of Strategy and Trading Solutions for Fidelity Capital Markets and the Institutional Products Group of Fidelity Investments, where he managed various aspects of strategic business development and electronic trading solutions.

Prior to joining Fidelity, Hebert was a director within the AutEx Group of Thomson Financial Services in Boston, where he managed the development and distribution of TradeRoute, AutEx's institutional order routing and trade execution reporting network. He was also responsible for third-party partnerships, product integration, and client connectivity solutions, including FIX protocol and other Straight-Through-Processing initiatives.

Prior to Thomson, Hebert served as vice president of Trading Systems Development for the Boston Stock Exchange where he directed the development, implementation and ongoing support of BEACON, the BSE’s automated member firm and specialist/floor broker trading system. Hebert was a reporting member of the Exchange Senior Management and Executive Committees involving technical development and strategic initiatives.

Previously, Hebert was a Systems Engineer and Group Manager for Electronic Data Systems in Dallas, TX and Boston, MA, where he was involved in application software development and account management for Blue Cross/Blue Shield and other EDS Customers.

Mr. Hebert has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Stonehill College and participated in graduate level studies in technology development at Harvard University