Background Screening · Consumer Reporting · Expert Witness
Jimmy Waters
Background Screening Executive, Entrepreneur & Industry Expert
Helping organizations navigate background screening, employment verification, consumer reporting, credentialing, compliance, and risk.
Professional Introduction
Jimmy Waters is a background screening executive and entrepreneur specializing in consumer reporting, employment verification, background checks, credentialing, and screening operations.
He is the Chief Executive Officer of 3rd Degree Screening, the background screening and consumer reporting company he founded in 2012, and Metro Background Solutions, a wholesale provider of criminal records checks to many of the background check industry's largest suppliers. His career in the industry began in 2010 as a court researcher at Metro, where he learned the operational foundations of public records and court research. Today he works across the full lifecycle of the screening process: program design, verification methodology, compliance practices, data sourcing, and client guidance.
Organizations, attorneys, and industry professionals seek his perspective on background screening programs, FCRA compliance, employment verification, and healthcare credentialing. He also provides expert witness services in matters involving background screening, consumer reporting, and screening industry standards.
Areas of Expertise
Deep knowledge across the screening industry
Subject-matter expertise developed by founding and operating background screening companies, not by observing the industry from a distance.
Company Affiliations
3rd Degree Screening & Metro Background Solutions
Jimmy Waters is CEO of 3rd Degree Screening, which he founded in 2012, and Metro Background Solutions, the wholesale criminal records provider where his screening career began in 2010.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
3rd Degree Screening
A background screening and consumer reporting company founded by Jimmy Waters in 2012, where he serves as Chief Executive Officer, providing background checks, employment verification, and related screening services to employers and organizations.
Chief Executive Officer
Metro Background Solutions
A wholesale background screening company providing criminal records checks to many of the industry's largest suppliers. Jimmy Waters began his screening career here as a court researcher in 2010 and now leads the company as Chief Executive Officer.
Authority & Credibility
Professional Experience & Industry Perspective
A factual record of experience, affiliations, and recognition. Entries are completed as information is verified; nothing here is inflated or invented.
- Current role
- CEO of 3rd Degree Screening & Metro Background Solutions
- Company founded
- 3rd Degree Screening (2012)
- Years of industry experience
- 15+ years
- Career start
- Court researcher, Metro Background Solutions, 2010
- Industries served
- Gig Economy · Retail · Health Care · Staffing · Education · Oil & Gas · Construction
- Expert witness engagements
- Roxanne Conlin & Associates, P.C. · JSC Legal
- Professional accomplishments
- PBSA Accredited Company · FCRA Certified
Expert Witness Services
Independent expertise for litigation & disputes
Jimmy Waters provides expert witness analysis and professional opinions in matters involving background screening, employment verification, consumer reporting, credentialing, and screening industry standards for attorneys, law firms, insurers, and organizations.
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