Bill Whitford

Widely recognized across the U.S. and global employment industry as a visionary and entrepreneurial pioneer, Bill Whitford founded S2Verify in 2008. The ground-breaking firm was launched on a simple but transformational premise — that process and task automation could completely transform traditional background screening. Since then, the privately held company has attracted 13,000 clients and processed 10 million checks for accounts ranging from Fortune-ranked enterprises and small-to-medium sized businesses to government entities, nonprofits, and religious organizations. In 2013, S2Verify was ranked #193 on the Inc. 500 list and #3 in Human Resources. At the heart of the company’s success is its technology — including automated search and extraction algorithms that drive thousands of searches per day and decrease turnaround time from days to mere hours.

Before founding S2Verify, Whitford was a senior leader at industry giant ChoicePoint, which supports more than half the Fortune 500 with background screening and drug testing services. As President and Senior Vice President of the $200 million Screening and Authentication Division, he oversaw the performance of 1,500+ employees across five U.S. facilities, with responsibility for M&A, international expansion, and innovation management. During his tenure, he led the consolidation of 13 disparate systems into one cohesive operating and delivery platform.

Earlier in his career, Whitford served as Chief Operating Officer for Investigation Technologies (Rapsheets), one of the first private national criminal databases in the U.S. He grew Rapsheets from $1 million in revenue to $15+ million in just two years, achieving 35% EBITDA. Rapsheets was successfully sold to ChoicePoint for 24 times trailing EBITDA and 8 times the current run rate.

Whitford was also a founding member of eScreen, which revolutionized the drug testing market by moving the point of screening to the occupational clinic. With thousands of clinics nationally, eScreen became the standard for fast, accurate drug testing for many Fortune 500 companies. He holds three patents for the eScreen technology. eScreen was ultimately sold to Alere and then Abbott for several hundreds of millions of dollars.

Prior to eScreen, Whitford served as Vice President of Sales for Laboratory Corporation, responsible for all sales and service within the company’s Occupational division. He also served as Vice President of Sales and Service for MedExpress Laboratories and was a key member of the team that deployed thousands of ExpressPads — the first digital chain of custody form and breath alcohol device.

A committed lifelong learner and advocate for the transformative power of technology, Whitford has recently completed Harvard University’s Agentic AI course and MIT’s Artificial Intelligence course, furthering his expertise in the cutting-edge AI technologies reshaping industries — including background screening, identity verification, and employment services.

Whitford holds a BBA with a Major in Marketing and Minor in Business from Midwestern State University. He also owns a winery in Mendoza, Argentina — Corina Wines — where he enjoys the simpler things in life.