Bill C. Whitford Chief Executive Officer Widely recognized for the last twenty years as a leading visionary and innovator within the employment screening industry, Whitford continues to play a pioneering role in establishing ever-evolving best practices in key screening processes in order to make them faster, easier and more cost-effective for organizations to implement. As a founding member of eScreen, a drug-screening company, he successfully launched a revolutionary new instant drug-testing device that fundamentally changed the industry. He currently holds three technology patents related to the product. In his role as Chief Operating Officer of Rapsheets, a background-screening firm, he led a team of technology experts that developed several sophisticated background screening solutions targeting organizations with highly specialized data needs including nonprofits and private investigation firms. At employment screening giant ChoicePoint, Whitford once again raised the bar for the broader screening industry. As senior vice president and general manager of the company $200 million employment screening division, he led the industry shift toward the adoption of automated, integrated technologies in place of traditionally manual tasks. Cutting-edge, Web-based digital technology developed by his expert team modernized formerly paper-intensive processes such as drug screening and employment eligibility verifications. Even today, this ground-breaking change in the industry continues to help organizations save thousands of dollars in administrative costs and empowers HR leaders and security professionals to accomplish far more with much fewer resources. As a widely respected thought leader with an insightful understanding of the screening market and critical economic factors that influence global hiring and recruiting trends, Whitford is regularly featured and quoted in national publications and magazines including ComputerWorld Magazine and Businessweek. Whitford holds a BBA from Midwestern State University. He is a devoted family man with two children. Contact our background screening company today for security, volunteer, and employment screening services.
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