Ten industry professionals joined the ranks of their peers at the 2026 i-SIGMA Conference & Expo by officially earning their Certified Secure Destruction Specialist® (CSDS®) credentials. The CSDS Program promotes and acknowledges an individual’s competency in a range of subject areas related to the secure destruction of data.

The following persons studied for and then passed the exam, consisting of 2 case studies and multiple-choice questions based on the book, Information Disposition: A Practical Guide to the Secure, Compliant Disposal of Records, Media and IT Assets as a study guide. The exam took place earlier this month during the 2026 i-SIGMA Conference in San Diego, CA, USA. i-SIGMA congratulates each of these individuals on now officially becoming a Certified Secure Destruction Specialist (CSDS):

• Calvin Chang of HTL 365 LLC (Sugar Land, TX, USA)
• Chris Bashford of A-1 Freeman Records Management/Paper Pig Shredding (Wichita Falls, TX, USA)
• Eric Gordon of Natural State Shredding, LLC (Little Rock, AR, USA)
• Jamie Campbell of BNS Networks (Hillsboro, OR, USA)
• Jan Hensen of A-1 Shredding (Bellingham, WA, USA)
• Jarrod Flaming of UltraShred (Albuquerque, NM, USA)
• Kaylom Bradish of MDS Records Management (Des Moines, IA, USA)
• Roger Greive of Glacier Consulting (Sylvania, OH, USA)
• Walker Arce of Data Security, Inc. (Lincoln, NE, USA)
• Seth Gudger of Global Shredding & Records Storage (Atlanta, GA, USA)

i-SIGMA is proud to acknowledge our new specialists and recognizes the effort put in by everyone to accomplish this feat. Passing this exam truly establishes an individual’s competency in a wide range of industry issues and empowers them to better serve their customers. We look forward to what each of these individuals will bring to the industry in the future.