William S. (Bill) Bobbitt is an acknowledged leader in the industrialized building industry. His aggressive, market savvy, bottom line orientation to business has established him as a person to whom many in the industry look toward for guidance, counsel and leadership.

Born and raised in the coalfields of Southern West Virginia Bill was educated in the public school system of West Virginia and received his college education via a full football scholarship at Marshall University, Huntington, WV.  

Since entering the business world in 1965 Bill has been associated with, or exposed to virtually every discipline within the factory building industry including modular housing, panelized housing, HUD-Code housing and SIP Panels.  He has extensive experience in the conventional building industry as well as various support disciplines including mortgage banking, lumber and building supplies. 

This experience provides Bill with a proven background that he uses in fulfilling the various scopes of work assigned him by his clients.

A summary of major experience includes the following:

The above is a major representation of Bobbitt's work experience from College through his current Bobbitt Group operations.  All of these work and life experiences provides him with over 40+ years of experience — all of which are available to Bobbitt Group clients.

Because of his knowledge and experience Bill is one of the premier consultants to the automated building industry.

Since the formation of his consulting service in 1991 Bill has performed consulting work for companies and individuals in virtually every discipline within the automated building industry — domestically and internationally.  He has reviewed existing businesses to assess how they can be improved, developed business plans, marketing plans, feasibility studies, performed strategic planning, reviewed financial plans for institutional investors, performed sales training and performed hands on manufacturing and management work for a variety of clients.  (See clients in Consulting section.)

Bill has successfully competed in the international market including the licensing of a steel framed modular home plant in Haifa, Israel; shipment of modular homes and model home displays to countries such as Finland and Argentina.  He has performed consulting services in the international market in a number of countries and continues to work with international clients.

Even with this vast business acumen in developing and operating new facilities Bill has always been a sales and marketing oriented, "hands-on" CEO.   Bill is an executive who can lead via "I'll show you how it's done" as well as one who can verbalize and explain procedures in a no-nonsense, easy to understand manner.  

The innovative sales, marketing and builder support programs that Bill instituted while President and CEO at KBS soon became the standard the rest of the industry undertook to achieve.  His expertise in developing award winning sales and marketing programs is almost legendary in the industry. His ability to hire, train and motivate a sales force is without equal.

Bill has been featured in professional publications due to his outstanding sales and marketing record. One particular article was written by Don O. Carlson featuring the dramatic sales record of over $11 million in wholesale modulars in only three days at a PA based trade show.  This is just one example of the proven ability of Bill to develop winning distribution networks and sales and marketing programs.

Of of Bill's proudest achievements, vis-à-vis marketing, was the establishment of the KBS TOUGH GUY. This award winning, precedent setting campaign, drew praise inside and outside of the automated building industry. Prestigious Adweek Magazine touted his efforts by stating "In the spirit of Mr. Clean and Ronald McDonald Bobbitt created a spokesperson to foster name brand recognition."

Bill and his wife Marci purchased Manufactured Structures Newsletter, a 30 year old trade publication serving the many aspects of the automated building industry.   Bill and Marci publish the Newsletter on a monthly basis and is available on a subscription basis. 3,000 copies of the Newsletter are published each month.

With this purchase Bill reorganized his entire operations under the name - Bobbitt’s Manufactured Structures Group. 

Over the years special emphasis has been placed on urban and inner city business endeavors. His high quality business plans and knowledge of the automated building technology is helping to establish new business endeavors throughout the United States.

Bill is in constant demand as an industry spokesperson. He has spoken at numerous national, regional and local functions extolling the virtues of industrialized building. He has authored many articles concerning the industrialized housing industry for industry trade journals, magazines, periodicals, regional and local newspapers. He has written a self help book entitled " A Guide To Successful Selling."

In addition to his demand as a spokesperson for the industry Bill is equally well known for his positive mental attitude, motivational presentations. Drawing upon his philosophy "you can be all that you want to be" Bill encourages his audience to diligently reach out and strive for their heart's desire. "You can never get it if you don't work for it. No one is going to simply hand your life goals to you on a silver platter; and, if they did they certainly would not amount to much. Success comes at the end of the long, hard road called work, dedication and perseverance — all performed while maintaining a positive mental attitude."

Bill serves, and has served, on various industry related panels, boards and commissions as well as the Board of Directors on several privately help companies.

Wood frame modulars, steel framed modulars, wood and steel framed panelized home packages, components, log homes, structural insulated panels, domestic and foreign. Bill has done some of each in his life in the automated building industry.

As exemplifies his renown marketing creation William S. Bobbitt is truly a TOUGH GUY in the industrialized building industry.  He has a bold vision for the future.  A vision that reflects factory building becoming the dominant force in how the world shelters its citizenry.

Bill has been honored with a number of industry awards, but he holds the Don O. Carlson Award, presented to him in the fall of 2000 by the Automated Builders Consortium for his work and dedication to the factory building industry, as the most coveted.  Bill states this is due to his love and respect for Carlson, who has been a lifelong friend, supporter, counselor and mentor.