A cradle Catholic, Billy served as an Altar Boy from age five (Yes FIVE) through age thirteen. This fostered a love of the mass and his faith that is still burning brightly in his soul today.
Since 1990, Billy has been a yearly attendee at Manresa, a Jesuit-managed men’s retreat house in Convent, LA. This journey led to 12 years of in-depth study of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and part of a team conducting missions on the Exercises in Catholic church parishes. He continues his study of the Exercises as an integral growth strategy of his Catholic faith.
In 2008, he and co-author Deacon Jodi Moscona released their book, Journeying on Holy Ground—Christian Strategies to Reach Your Personal, Professional and Spiritual Destiny. The EWTN TV Network’s Women of Grace broadcast interviewed the authors on their book in a five-part series. The authors began presenting missions using the Book sections on God, Family, and Career information. A revised version, completed in 2019 and re-titled The Journey, is now available. Billy currently offers programs on this edition.
A teacher by training, he taught science and coached high school sports for six years. He left his teaching position to pursue a career as a chemist for a new chemical manufacturing facility. Within five years, he was promoted to a management position. For 28 years, he oversaw corporate product quality, global customer service, safety, and environmental regulatory compliance.
The Candid Cajun offers strong content and appropriate humor to create a learning and laughter environment.
As a member of the National Speakers Association, he spent 20 years building his knowledge of the speaking business, focusing on organizational leadership and personal self-development topics. He also built his expertise on School Board leadership following his 12 years of service on his local school board. Elected State President for the Louisiana School Boards Association, he soon found himself an in-demand presenter for school board training. Since retiring from his former employer, he began his current speaking and consulting business.
Billy is the author of six books: Searching for Success, The Journey, Leading Yourself Leading Others, Become the Best Version of Yourself, and Creating a Climate of Respect and Building Relationships in Today’s Workplace Culture. His newest book, Teaching Your Child to Succeed: Strategies for Creating Parental Leadership in the Home, was released in 2024. He was a featured writer for The American Business Journal for three years, which published over 100 columns distributed to 44 Journals across the United States.
Sharing “Cajun” Wisdom: Billy offers a two-fold approach to focusing on client needs. Presentations are customized and have a 100% guarantee to achieve agreed-upon desired outcomes. Other topics are available in each category. The programs listed represent his most popular topics. Billy will not venture where his expertise doesn’t match the client's needs. “No” is not a word he is afraid to tell a client when a requested topic doesn’t match his expertise.
Spiritually based topics: The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. The exercises are divided into four parts or “Weeks.” A multitude of individual programs or a three-night series are available on the following topics
- Principles and Foundation (Examination of Conscience, Sin and God’s Love)
- The Contemplation of the Kingdom of Christ (The life of Christ to Palm Sunday)
- The Passion of Christ
- The Resurrection and Ascension
- Creating the “God Connection”
- Insights into Marriage and Family
- Covering Your Career and Leadership Skills with a Spiritual Blanket
Corporate / Business client-focused topics: For this group of presentations, Billy has the flexibility of making a “spiritual connection” to topics. These programs typically run from one to three hours or can be delivered in a keynote format. Here is a list of four popular topics:
- Cajun Candor—Straightforward Dialog that Improves Performance: Leaders learn how to shore up weaknesses and capitalize on strengths and talents. It means you fix flaws. This is a no BS presentation; at least that is what this Cajun believes.
- Effectively Developing and Growing Employees: This message covers dignity, passion, and recognition. It means developing possibilities and purpose. It’s about growing employee potential.
- Creating and Sustaining High Performance Teams: One bad team member can screw up the entire team effort. Learn to take advantage of the power of many. Learn to identify key morale, values, and operational standards. Create an alignment with corporate strategies. Learn how to remove the fog surrounding a non-functioning team. This is a Super Bowl discussion on teamwork.
- It’s Attitude, Not Aptitude That Gives You Altitude: One person with the wrong attitude can change the course of an activity. One person with the right attitude can change the course of the world. This program is light-hearted but filled with a message as serious as a heart attack. The priceless advice about attitudes? You are in charge!
The Cajun “Lagniappe”: Besides messages that are memorable, relevant, energizing, and inspirational, Billy offers the opportunity to provide his books to program participants. A popular feature is a book signing following a presentation.
His presentations are filled with his special blend of Cajun Humor. Stories about the antics of the infamous Cajuns, “Boudreaux & Friends," are audience favorites. Program attendees have come to appreciate his sincerity, candid commentary, and passion for his messages. It’s all about them, not him!
After all, he is The Candid Cajun!
