Former Waste Management, Inc. Director Opens New Company - WIH Resource Group, LLC, Providing Solid Waste & Logistics Business Solutions.

PHOENIX -- Wallace Investment Holdings, LLC announced today the formation and opening of WIH Resource Group, LLC (WIH), a wholly owned subsidiary of Wallace Investment Holdings, LLC. Bob Wallace, Managing Partner and Vice President of Business Solutions for WIH, commented, "It is a very exciting time founding a company like WIH Resource Group that offers customers a host of service solutions in solid waste management, transportation/logistics and equipment." In general, customers in the solid waste business, or customers having to deal with solid waste management such as cities, counties, regional governments and states (municipalities) alike, are in need of optimizing the way in which they do business both in managing their facilities, in their disposal cost management and the transportation required to get the waste streams moved from the generation point to the disposal site. "Our services allow customers to have dedicated resources for specific projects cost effectively, while not having to add headcount, a critical issue for today's businesses," Wallace also stated.

Company Overview

With headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, WIH Resource Group provides clients with fully integrated solutions to solid waste, transportation and logistical challenges. We offer creative solutions to solve complex solid waste transportation and disposal challenges for government municipalities, large industrial companies, environmental firms and commercial customers. In addition, our relationships with our vast network of suppliers enables us to provide solutions from A to Z, ranging from aerial photography to waste-by-rail.

WIH Resource Group, LLC provides clients access to one of the largest networks of service providers. We also have many years experience in developing waste-by-rail solutions for clients, both small and large. We have developed strategic partnerships in the transportation industry to offer efficient long haul rail transportation through an innovative connection between transportation and private and public disposal sites.

About Us

Bob Wallace, Managing Partner & VP of Business Solutions for WIH, founded the company with the intent of offering customers cost effective solid waste management and logistics business solutions to clients interested in solving critical challenges, while not having to add headcount.

Prior to starting WIH Resource Group, LLC, Wallace spent six years with Waste Management, the largest provider of solid waste management services in North America, as their Director of Transportation & Logistics. While with Waste Management, he was responsible for all of the transportation for Waste Management's Western Group (9 Western States) for the company's Waste-by-rail program, maritime (tug & barge) and long haul transfer truck traffic. He managed over $100 million in annual spend with third party transportation providers, handled motor carrier negotiations, contract management as well as the transportation & logistics for most new commercial, private, and municipal solid waste contracts for WM. He also led their commercial and residential rerouting efforts, eliminating some 350 routes from the Western Group. Most recently, he was responsible for improving business operating activities for their transfer stations and creating strategic business plans for each of the sites targeted for improvement.

Before joining Waste Management, he spent eight years with a regional truckload carrier, as one of their Regional Operations Managers and five years with a national trailer leasing company where he served in sales, marketing, and operational management positions.

Now residing in Phoenix, AZ, he is a native of the Pacific Northwest and received his bachelor's degree from Washington State University in 1988 and his MBA in Managerial Leadership from City University in 1995.

Wallace currently serves on a variety of committees and is active in several professional associations, including SWANA, the National Association of Rail Shippers (NARS), Intermodal Association of North America (IANA), and the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL). He has worked with several governmental bodies to assist in transportation policy development for the Western U.S.

WIH Resource Group, LLC is a provider of comprehensive waste management business solutions, transportation, logistics and environmental services. Based in Phoenix, the Company serves municipal, commercial, individual and industrial clients throughout North America. WIH Resource Group, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wallace Investment Holdings, LLC.

For additional information or business inquiries, visit our website at www.wihresourcegroup.com or contact us at 480-241-9994.