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Willie has been helping businesses, industry and governmental agencies safeguard their proprietary information for 18 years.
He is a long-time member of the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID), the international trade association for the information destruction industry. He has served in many capacities with the organization over the years, including one term each as the President and Vice President of the Board of Directors, and a total of seven years on the Board of Directors. He also served as the Annual Conference Chairperson for the 1999, 2000 and 2004 Conferences. He is currently the chairperson of NAID’s Certification Rules committee, which is in the process of revising and strengthening the secure shredding standards in the U.S.
Because of Willie’s long time devotion to NAID, and the secure shredding industry, he was awarded NAID’s President’s Award at the 2005 Annual Conference, only the second time the award has been given out.
In addition, Willie (and the rest of the Certification committee) was presented the NAID 2005 Member of the Year Award for their efforts to strengthen the certification program.
Willie was recently awarded the Ernst & Young 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Central Great Lakes region in the business services category and was in contention for the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur of the Year award.
He is also a member of the American Society for Industrial Security, and currently serves as the Treasurer of the Toledo chapter. He is also on the Church Council of the Providence Lutheran Church, which he and his family attend.
Willie is happily married to his wife Karen and enjoys spending time with his children, Kyle, Ryan & Nikki. He especially enjoys time spent at Mullett Lake, MI and playing softball and the occasional round of golf. | 