Douglas R. Williams, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of JDR Solutions Inc., has been elected to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Business Council Steering Committee.

Williams will serve a two-year term on the council’s service providers subcommittee, which represents companies like JDR Solutions that provide support services to equipment finance firms.

“I’m honored to have been selected by my peers to serve on the steering committee,” Williams said. “The committee plays an important advisory role to the ELFA.”

The ELFA is the leading trade association representing companies in the $1 trillion equipment finance sector. Its nearly 600 members include independent and captive leasing and finance companies, banks, financial services corporations, broker/packagers, investment banks and vendors.

Williams and three others founded JDR in 2001. He leads a staff of database administrators and information technology professionals, and is responsible for JDR’s technology maintenance and data security. Williams has created IT infrastructure, e-commerce websites and international application service provider solutions. He studied agricultural business and music at Vincennes University.

JDR Solutions offers services ranging from lease portfolio management and database administration to hosting, software and custom web portal development, among others. It employs 35 full- and part-time contract workers at its Indianapolis, IN headquarters; Toronto, Ontario, field office; and Minnesota, Montana and Ohio.

JDR’s clients include banks, manufacturer captives and independent financial institutions, representing more than $8.2 billion under management.