Archie D. Williamson Jr.

Ceo

Diversified Systems, Inc.

Archie Williamson is the founder and CEO of Diversified Systems, Inc., a management, and consulting firm focused on information systems and technology. Williamson holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Toledo with a focus in computer systems, and he is also a graduate of Northwestern’s Kellogg Advanced Management Executive program. Founded by Williamson in 1990, Diversified Systems wanted to fill a niche for small companies requiring technological support to improve and streamline business operations. DSI serves Fortune 1000 businesses as well as federal and state government agencies throughout Ohio and 15 other States.

Under Williamson’s leadership, DSI has grown from a start-up consulting firm operating with a team of three employees to a multi-million-dollar business with approximately 200 consultants in three offices located in Columbus Ohio, Chicago Illinois, and Washington DC. Over the past 33 years, Williamson’s team has continued working with strategic partners in the technology field including Accenture, Deloitte Consulting, HP Enterprise Services, IBM, CGI Technologies. Also, over the several last years, Williamson has begun working with some of these strategic partners to expand and grow DSI’s Collaborative Model to support these partners in their public sector contracting. Williamson’s growth model seeks to promote diversity and inclusion through supporting small diverse business enterprises. Williamson also started DSI Techteens. An organization focused on providing STEM students in the Columbus Public School System, the opportunity to work on technology-based projects while attending high school and college.

Williamson and DSI have received numerous awards for their innovative work. Williamson is a recipient of the 2021 Columbus Business First C-Suite Award and was named 2017 Columbus Business First Outstanding Diverse Business Leader. DSI was named a 2016 Columbus Business First Outstanding Diverse Organization and Williamson was named BizTech Columbus’ 2015 Executive of the Year and recipient of the 2016 Columbus Business First C-Suite Award. As a minority business leader, Williamson focuses on recruiting, training, and retaining historically under-represented groups into the technology industry, thus promoting an increasingly diverse workforce. Williamson is a founding member of The Black Data Processing Association, Columbus Chapter; Former Board Chair for the Ohio Means Jobs – Franklin County Workforce Development Board; A Kid Again Board of Directors; Advisory Board for ResQsoft and Klout Machine; he also has served on the Columbus State Foundation Board, and the Toledo Public Schools Foundation Board.

Williamson and his wife LaVerne reside in Central Ohio, and they have 5 adult children.