How Automate Dynamically Embedding Customer Names from a List into PDF Footer?

Mavens,
After discovering that a PDF training workbook of mine has been widely copied (without authorization), I'd like to "personalize" future versions of this artifact with the customer/user name dynamically embedded in each PDF's footer.
Based on your experience, what is the easiest, quickest & most economical way to: generate a set of PDFs (from a "Master") where each individual PDF is personalized with a user/customer name in the footer (e.g., "This document is licensed to {FRED BLOTZ} at {BIG COMPANY, Inc.}. Duplication or distribution is not authorized.").
The desired workflow is:
1. Create an MS-Excel Workbook with a list of all trainee (user) names.
2. Open some type of "PDF Personalization" tool.
3. Provide the path to the "Master PDF" to the tool.
4. Provide the name of the customer (company) to the tool.
5. Provide a path to the MS-Excel Workbook with list of individual's names.
6. Provide a path to a folder where the tool should write the generated PDFs.
7. Click a button ("Generate Personalized PDFs").
Then...distribute individualized PDFs to trainees.
Is there a tool out there somewhere which provides the desired solution?
Thank you in advance for your experienced-based suggestions.
Plane Wryter
PS: While I fully appreciate the on-going discussions regarding the merits/lack-of-merits of DRM, etc...if you elect to reply to this request...please be so kind as to focus on the question as presented and avoid clambering onto a soapbox to "rant" about DRM...or suggest increasing the fee to the customer (a big firm that only pays "per-trainee" fees) to cover distribution. Thank you.

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