As one half of the duo that recently started a new education program, Drakeley comes into the industry with deep roots.
It may seem that Bill Drakeley took a roundabout path to the headlines he’s recently appeared in.
Among the Genesis crowd, Bill Drakeley has been a prominent name practically since the design-education organization started. There, he served not only as the group’s concrete specialist, but also its deputy director of education.
In the world of concrete placement, Drakeley also has maintained a noticeable profile, considered by the wider concrete community as perhaps the most proficient handler of that material that the pool and spa industry has to offer.
But in the wider pool/spa industry, he recently became known as half of the duo that departed Genesis to establish a new school. In August, he and Genesis Education Director David Peterson left their respective posts to start Watershape University. With the new change of ownership for Genesis, and after spending the past several months sharing education and training between their two companies, the two decided they make a good team.
“I’ve never worked with a partner who I’ve respected more than Dave Peterson,” Drakeley says. “Talk about the top of the food chain as far as what he does and the person he is.”
While some may just be familiarizing themselves with Drakeley’s name, his roots run deep — in the industry and at the place he calls home.
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