Bill Kersten
NATEF President

Kersten was appointed President of the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) in October 2005. Prior to his appointment as NATEF President, Bill was the Senior Vice-President, Operations with ASE. Bill has been with ASE since June 1979 and in that time oversaw ASE’s growth from 16 exams to 47 tests in ten different service areas. In addition, he facilitated the development of the task lists and standards for program certification through the NATEF evaluation process. Kersten served as the 2005 Chairman of the Board of Directors for the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA) and is a member of SAE and ASAE. He has been an ASE-certified Master Automobile Technician since 1978.