Charles W. Walton, PhD. was appointed to the puraDYN Board of Directors on August 25, 2005. Dr. Walton is Chairman of Wastequip, Inc., which he founded in 1989 with the goal of consolidating the equipment segment of the waste management industry. As a result of sixteen successfully acquisitions and internal growth, Wastequip is now the largest supplier of equipment in the industry with approximately $350 million in sales and 29 manufacturing plants in North America. It was recently purchased by DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, a unit of Credit Suisse First Boston. Prior to founding Wastequip, Dr. Walton was President and Chief Executive Officer of Sudbury, Inc., a Fortune 500 diversified manufacturing company, which he co-founded in 1983. In 1987, he was awarded the Dively Entrepreneurship Award by Case Western Reserve Weather head School of Management and the Harvard Business School Club of Cleveland. Dr. Walton holds the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service and PhD. in economics from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |