Renee Schafer, CSDS has been with Data Security Inc.® since 1999. As Chief Operating Officer (COO), Renee leads the company through strategic decisions and effective management of all departments of our business as we design, manufacture, sell and support our own product line. She works directly with the National Security Agency (NSA), data destruction scientists, and electronic media storage experts. She is a member of the Forbes Business Council, the FBI’s InfraGard and FBI Citizen’s Academy, the iSIGMA America’s Advocacy Committee and was the first Certified Secure Destruction Specialist® (CSDS®) in the state of Nebraska. Renee is passionate about protecting data at end-of-life and speaks around the world to educate people on information protection. She leads an active family-life as well as participates in various community fundraising efforts and volunteers regularly at local outreach centers and her church.