Company Management
Tim Williams – Executive Vice President
Mr. Williams brings a wealth of experience and know-how to Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. His entrepreneurial spirit, sales & marketing background and knowledge of the public markets have been demonstrated throughout his career.
In 1975 he built one of the first Nautilus fitness chains in Southern California overseeing a highly trained sales staff which reached revenues in excess of $16 Million per year.
Mr. Williams was an original founder of 24HR Fitness with Leonard Schlemm and Mark Mastrov. As the company’s first President, he pioneered and oversaw the original implementation of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) to the fitness industry. This process brought predictability to the health club industry and set the stage for Private Equity investment and National growth.
In 1985 he was part of a group that purchased the rights to manufacture, distribute, and franchise Nautilus equipment in Japan. After establishing a showroom in Tokyo, Triventure was formed with Sumitomo and Mitsubishi to distribute Nautilus equipment. The group later sold the franchise rights to Sumitomo separately.
In the early 1990’s, he founded Results Sports and Fitness, a chain of full service Fitness clubs which he sold to USA Health Technologies, a NASDAQ Public company, and became its President. He expanded the company rapidly by structuring deals using stock for acquisitions.
In 1997 he became CEO of Cosmedix, a laser hair removal company with multiple locations in four States. The company expanded to offer Botox, Facial Peels, and various Cosmetic Procedures through its Physician partners.
In 2003 he became Chairman and CEO of National Developers, a Real Estate Development firm in Phoenix AZ. The Company was involved in Land Development and Entitlement. It had an in-house Architectural and Engineering firm as well as a Design Center. The company built housing communities and platted over 2000 residential lots. It owned, designed and permitted a 21 story condo loft project known as Cosmopolitan Towers.
Mr. Williams was a Business Consultant to Espion International, an Artificial Intelligence venture based internet gateway security company. Espion’s Technology applies Probabilistic Reasoning which allows it to learn and adapt to a company’s email flow without slowing or growing over time. The platform also assists organizations with Regulatory Compliance in areas such as HIPPA,GLBA, and Sarbanes Oxley. Clients include Major Universities, Hospitals, Governmental Agencies and Fortune 500 companies.
Mr. Williams assists his daughter Ashley in the Charity she founded called “Warming the Heart”. He is arranging its application for 501c3 status. The charity makes special fleece blankets for children undergoing surgery for brain cancer. They work closely with the Oncology and Neuroscience Departments at UCLA Medical Center and have held three golf tournaments to help fund research for a Child Brain Cancer Vaccine.