The Ben Franklin Honor Society of PIA Inducts Seven Exemplary Industry Leaders

Neils Winther, h.c.—Neils Winther, managing partner, chairman and owner, Think Patented, Miamisburg, Ohio, began his adventurous professional career with a three-year management apprenticeship program with the East Asiatic Company, EAC, in Copenhagen. It was Scandinavia’s premier trading, shipping, plantation, and manufacturing company with operations around the world. He completed one year of military service after the apprenticeship and completed six months of a full-time class schedule to complete graduation requirements prior to his overseas assignment.