William Strauss is the President and founder of FutureMetrics, LLC.  Over the past two decades, the FutureMetrics’ consulting team has grown and is currently recognized as the leading set of experts in the wood pellet sector.  Bill continues to publish papers on a variety of subjects relevant to the wood pellet sector. Bill has been named as one of the most influential leaders in the biomass sector in 2016 and again in 2017 by Argus Media and is the 2012 recipient of the International Excellence in Bioenergy award.  In 2021 a dashboard built by Dr. Strauss won the Limitless Business Intelligence Dashboard award at a major business intelligence conference.  Bill has more than forty years of experience in the renewable energy sector.  He has an MBA (specializing in finance) and a PhD (economics and earth systems science) both from the University of New Hampshire.