Summary
Bill Mccoy is a technology strategist, educator, and entrepreneur with 15+ years driving digital publishing standards, product platforms, and developer-friendly tools. He led the global transition to open publishing as Executive Director of IDPF and Head of W3C’s Publishing Activity after a long tenure shaping PDF and digital publishing at Adobe, then parlayed that expertise into consulting for companies like Scribd. Today he splits his time between founding OLA Technology (real-estate-focused software), teaching computer science at Edmonds College, and managing a 16-unit townhouse development as a licensed Washington broker. Comfortable moving between standards, product strategy, and hands-on engineering, he emphasizes accessibility, interoperability, and long-term technical stewardship. Unusually, his portfolio blends open-standards leadership and classroom mentorship with active real-estate development, reflecting a pragmatic focus on building both digital platforms and physical communities.
15 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
Stanford University