William Gagnon Email & Phone Number

William Gagnon serves as the executive vice president and COO of Excel Dryer, manufacturer of the original, patented, high-speed, energy-efficient XLERATOR®, XLERATOReco®, ThinAir® and XLERATORsync® Hand Dryers. He also sits on the company’s board of directors.William previously served as vice president of marketing and key accounts at Excel, a role in which he applied his two decades of industry knowledge and experience to a wide variety of initiatives that positioned the XLERATOR line as the new industry standard by which other hand dryers are judged, due to its proven effectiveness, performance, and customer satisfaction.As a leader in the industry, Excel Dryer has accomplished many firsts spearheaded by William, including establishing the high-speed, energy-efficient category for hand dryers with the original XLERATOR, the first hand dryer to be Made in the USA Certified®, and performing the industry’s first Life Cycle Assessment. When Excel Dryer initiated the process to substantiate claims and educate buyers and specifiers about how to avoid falling victim to “greenwashing,” Gagnon chaired the committee to create Product Category Rules (PCR) for the hand dryer industry with UL Environment (a business division of Underwriters’ Laboratories). The result of their efforts set a precedent; the rule developed was the first industry-consensus standard for the hand dryer industry and the first global standard for any industry. Gagnon and his team then published the first Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for hand dryers, certifying their three signature products.Excel continues to innovate within the industry with its newest XLERATORsync Hand Dryer, which is featured in D13 Group’s integrated sink systems. These systems deliver a completely touchless, proper hand hygiene solution allowing users to wash, rinse and dry hands all in one place.

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